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This takes place after Anna's parents find out about the lawyer, near the beginning of the book.

Anna

My mother walked in the door. She looked stiff. This was probably because if I won the case Kate would die soon. They wouldn't have me, the spare parts. That's all I am. In terms of my sister I am her spare parts. That is how it will always be whether I like it or not. "Anna, you know we love you very much," Mom says in a very nonchalant way. She doesn't care about me in particular. She cares about the fact that I stay healthy so Kate can still have my kidney or bone marrow or whatever it is this time. This time I think shall be the last.

"No you don't," I say in a very low voice. Mom looks at me as if she hasn't heard right. Well, in her case she hasn't heard right. She heard that I wasn't going to take care of Kate and that upsets her. She doesn't care about me. "You love my parts. You made me to save Kate. You didn't make me out of love and I wasn't put here to get love. You made me to save Kate. That's all I'm supposed to do is save Kate. I don't want to," my voice is growing louder and my mother looks as if she is about to hurl. "I want to live and have fun. I want to be able to do what I want. I don't want to spend my life in the hospital saving Kate. I want to live. This lawyer will help me do that. That's all I want to do…," Mom looks away at this. She realizes now how she's been treating me, not that it will change anything. My voice starts up just as loud as before, "LIVE. L.I.V.E. Live. That's all I want to do. Why won't you let me? Why aren't I supposed to? Why am I here to save Kate and not to enjoy life? Why mom, why?"

After a lengthy pause Mom looks towards me and then at Kate. I see the way her eyes change looking at Kate. Her eyes are wispy almost like tears are about to drop. She looks at me again her eyes showing me what I already know. Mom saw me as parts, as a kidney just ready to be given away. That is the first time my mother has ever been speechless. She looks at Kate just one more time. Her eyes are as wispy as ever. Then turns and walks out the door.

I glance at my sister just one more time. Yeah, I think, I do want a life of my own.