Chapter
3
Nick sucked in a breath.
“Your brother?”
She nodded.
Nick smiled sympathetically.
“I’m sorry,” he said softly.
Angela shrugged. “It’s not
your fault,” she said. “I just thought
you might like to know. I wasn’t
completely sure, but I put everything together, and it’s very likely that he
was your donor. After all, he was a
twenty year old from Orlando, and he died from a car accident the day you
received your transplant.”
Nick nodded. “Well, then I
should be thanking you,” he said. “Thank
you, from the bottom of my heart.”
“You’re welcome,” Angela said.
“Really, you shouldn’t be thanking me though. I wasn’t even there when the decision was
made to donate his organs.”
“Well, thank your family for me then,” Nick said.
“I will,” Angela said, smiling slightly at him.
“I’m sorry that you had to lose him, even if it did save me life,”
Nick said.
“Don’t be sorry,” Angela said again. “He and I weren’t even that close. Actually, we didn’t even know each other that
well. You see, we were really step
brother and sister. My dad married his
mom, and he lived separately from them, while I lived with my mom, so we really
didn’t talk too much.”
“Oh,” Nick said. He paused
a minute, then changing the subject, asked, “So, why are you here today? Were you in the TRL audience or something, or
do you work here?”
“Neither,” she replied. “I
was down the hall in a different part of the studio, taping a show.”
“Oh really?” Nick asked.
“Cool. What show?”
“This show that MTV’s going to have on soon that’s a tribute to
Justin Timberlake, from ‘N Sync,” she replied.
“Oh,” Nick said. “So, you a
big ‘N Sync fan then?”
She shrugged. “I dunno, I
guess so,” she said. He stared at her,
extremely puzzled by this comment. She
laughed slightly and said, “I guess I should have told you more about my
brother,” she said. “You see, my
brother was Justin Timberlake.”
(AN: As I’m sure you all know, I
am NOT an ‘N Sync fan at all, and I had to do some research just to find out
Justin’s parents’ names. I have no clue
if he has a stepsister or not, but in this story, we’ll just pretend he does.
LOL)
Nick’s mouth dropped open in shock. “You’re kidding,” he gasped.
She shook her head. “No,
not at all,” she said. “His mom’s name
is Lynn Harless. She’s married to my
dad, Paul Harless. That makes him my
step-brother.”
Nick gaped at her, still shocked.
“So… I have Justin Timberlake’s liver in me?” he asked.
She nodded. “I don’t know
if you should let the press get a hold of that one though,” she said, laughing
slightly.
He chuckled. “Man, that
would be huge,” he said.
“It’s ironic, huh?” Angela asked suddenly.
“What is?” Nick asked.
“The fact that the most popular member of one of the most famous
boybands in the world died, and his liver went to the most popular member of
the other most famous boyband in the world,” Angela said, laughing. “Coincidence… or not? I think whoever thought that one up was just
looking to make some money selling this story to the media.”
Nick laughed only slightly, still shocked at what he had just
found out. He wasn’t sure what to
think. It was ironic that Nick had
received the liver of a man he had not been able to stand when he had been
alive. Knowing this made Nick feel even
guiltier for disliking Justin before.
Without Justin, he could be dead now, and he knew it. He owed his life to Justin Timberlake.
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