Thanks again for reading....and for the few reviews. I know that this installment is quite shorter than the rest, but please bear with me. The last chapter/epilouge should be up sometime soon. so....enjoy!!!!
Well, yes, you do have a sister. It was September of 71, your mother was 16 and your father was 17. They knew that they wouldn't be able to take care of her, so they gave her up.
My grandmother's words keep sounding over and over again in my head. I still can not believe that Sara was my sister. I have to go talk to her, now.
Seeing Sara this way kills me, but I don't show it, I have to be strong for her. I assume that you know.
I cannot believe my parents couldn't find time in 32 years to tell me that I was adopted. I am so angry!
I am sorry, Sara. But finding you, well it's a miracle. I have always wanted a sister and now I have one. Now we need to get you better.
Ren, just because you match me doesn't mean you have to do this, I'll understand. And I've always wanted a little sister, myself.
Don't start, I say, I want to do this. actually, I had to, but I couldn't say that.
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While Sara went through the devastatingly rigorous chemotherapy to kill her marrow, the team tried to keep things as normal as possible. Ren was, in fact, a very quick learn and was on the verge of being promoted to CSI level two. Cases were solved, but no one really put their heart into them.
Every spare moment was spent thinking about Sara or spending time with her. In fact, Ren spent almost all her time off being with Sara, getting to know the sister she never knew she had. She and Grissom basically lived at the hospital. They took turns spending the and basically only left for work and showers. Everyone was crossing their fingers, hoping that the transplant would be a success. No one was ready to accept a Sara-less life.
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OK, Ren, just relax. I am going to give you something that will make you sleep for the entire procedure. By the time you wake up, Sara will already be receiving your marrow. Here we go... and with that, I drift off to sleep.
Her B/P's dropping! What happened?
My hand jerked pulling out the instrument....I may have hit her kidney...
We have to cut her open. NOW!
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Grissom walks somberly into Sara's room. He sees the red substance entering her body, the stuff that is going to make his wife better. Weak, Sara looks up and senses his grief. What's wrong? she shakily says.
He doesn't know how to tell her. Upsetting her doesn't seem wise, but he knows that he has to tell her. Well, the harvest was botched. Ren, well...she is in surgery right now. She might not make it....
TBC
