To Robert, any television stushould be glad to have his sister as an intern. Plus, to him, there were many stations and only one
Ivy.
Elliot received a call from Layla and went over to Mr. and Mrs. Santos' house.
Layla called because something had happened.
While they were having lunch, Mr. Santos had a few drinks and started pouring his heart out whilst he was under the influence of
alcohol.
He wanted to donate his heart to his son.
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Layla was scared out of her wits.
There was not a country on earth that allowed people who were alive to donate their hearts, and the best they could do would be
to bean pledgers, which enabled them to donate theirans upon their death.
Elliot hurried over, and it took stbefore he finally convinced Mr. Santos to give up on the idea.
"They said that my son's lungs are failing, right? He can have mine!" Mr. Santos' face was flushed, but his eyes were determined.
"My wife and | spoke to sdoctors, and they told us that there are such things as living donors. We will each give him a lung! It
worked with sother people..."
Affected by their words, Layla said, "If someone is going to be a donor, it should be me! If living donors can give their lungs, Eric
can have mine!"
"Layla, you are still young! You can't give him your lungs! My wife and | are old, and we will be fine with just one lung... You still
have such a long way to go in life..."
"I can take it because I'm young. You two are too old to survive the procedure. | won't let you do this to yourselves."
Elliot felt lightheaded from all the arguing and video-called Avery so that she could talk ssense into them. He knew fully well
that he did not hold sway over Eric's parents.
It was in the middle of the night in Bridgedale, and when Avery answered the call to find that Elliot was in Eric's parent's house, she
sat up in bed.
As she listened to Elliot's description of the situation, she hurried to the bathroom and washed her face, all while holding her
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"Neither of you needs to donate your lungs. We have a pair of lungs that Eric can use here. We didn't proceed with the surgery only
because we are hoping that he can keep his lungs with the current treatment," Avery said calmly. "Don't be overly pessimistic. Give
us stime."
Mr. and Mrs. Santos slowly began to calm down, and Layla regained herposure as well.
Elliot hung up and asked Mrs. Santos for stea, as Mr. Santos had drunk too much and needed to drink stea to sober up.
They sipped on tea and chatted for another hour before Mrs. Santos entered the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Elliot and Layla stayed for dinner with them and right before they left, Elliot turned to Mr. and Mrs. Santos. "They need to find a
heart that matches Eric. He can't just have any heart. You are not to do anything foolish in the hope of giving your hearts to Eric."
Mr. and Mrs. Santos were stunned.