Darryl almost wanted to laugh. He did not mind donating his bone marrow, but Grandpa's words were heartbreaking. He appointed Darryl to donate merely because it could harm your body? He did not want Florian to be harmed, but it was okay if Darryl was harmed?
"Good choice, Grandpa. Let Darryl do it." someone called out from the crowd.
Suddenly, everyone nodded in unison.
"Exactly, a bastard like him owes it to the family. It should be him!"
"It's your chance to pay back the family."
Hearing that, Darryl could not help laughing.
'Haha! So this is my so-called family! I saw their true colors a long time ago!' he thought.
Meanwhile, Yumi walked out from the crowd and scowled at Darryl. "Darryl, don't be too sad. It's an honor to be the donor. This is your chance for redemption, so shouldn't you be thankful?"
'Redemption? As if it was true!' Darryl thought.
Darryl took a deep breath and laughed "Yumi, you don't have to try force me into it. I can donate no problem."
He halted suddenly and looked around him with a darkening gaze. "But I'll tell you, being the donor is just my tribute to Grandpa. It isn't because I owe the family. You almost cost me my father's life the other day, and since then, I've cut all ties with the Darby family. So don't you dare speak of redemption or whatever. I don't owe it to the Darby family!"
Darryl's words resonated loud and clear around the ward. The space fell silent for a few seconds before Yumi scoffed "Darryl, don't you try to pull this trick again. What do you mean by not owing to the family? How do you explain this!?"
Yumi pointed at Rebecca's tummy. Rebecca was so ashamed; she lowered her head in embarrassment as she trembled.
Darryl glanced at her and declared with conviction "How many times do I have to repeat myself!? I can be the donor, but this thing in her tummy is none of my business. I didn't do it!"
Hearing that, the crowd could not restrain their laughter. They looked at Darryl with mocking disdain.
'So, he was brave enough to do it but too cowardly to admit?' everyone thought.
"Alright, alright, stop bickering!" Old Master Darby intercepted "Darryl, I'm very ill. Without the bone marrow, I might not be able to live. I know this will cause serious damage to the body, so Florian shouldn't do it because he'd have to take over the family. So, I'll need you to donate." He paused for a while before continuing. "If you become the donor, we'll start off with a clean slate and forget what you've done in the past. What do you think?"
"F*ck off!" someone shouted as the door was suddenly kicked open.
Bang!
A loud bang rang out loud, and everyone jumped. Suddenly, Dax marched in with his eyes red.
Earlier today, a few of his men were beaten, so he rushed to the hospital to visit them. By chance, he overheard the discussion of donating bone marrow between Darryl and the Darby family.
Dax was a short-tempered man, and he had restrained himself through out the discussion, bu he could no longer hold back his anger.
'Dax?' Darryl thought.
Watching Dax march in, Darryl was shocked.
"Dax, why are you here?" he asked.
Dax's face darkened, and he did not speak further as he held onto Darryl's wrist. "Leave with me."
Darryl was confused. "What's up with you?"
Dax clenched his fists and yelled "What's up!? What do you think? They are just a bunch of ungrateful bastards! Have you forgotten what they did to your father? How dare you donate your bone marrow to them!? Leave with me now!"
Darryl was touched by his concern. "Dax, I know what you mean, but... Grandpa did raise me. I can't leave him to die."
"F*ck it! Ofcourse, you can leave him to die!" Dax growled. "As long as I'm alive, you will not donate your bone marrow to him. Never!"
His loud voice attracted a lot of attention. many of the doctors and nurses looked at them curiously.
Meanwhile, Florian stood up and yelled at him "Dax Sanders, this is our family business. Why are you messing around? What does Darryl donating bone marrow have anything to do with you!?"
The family members nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, even Darryl agreed to it. What are you going on about?" someone said.
