--a playlist of this chapter: Faded by Alan Walker
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Tom walked slowly towards the hospital door where Tony Zucker had been waiting for a long time. If it wasn't for his mother, who was seriously ill, Tom would not be willing to set foot in the same place as the mayor.
"Thanks for coming, Tom," said Tony Zucker kindly. He shook Tom's cold hand and led him into one of the doctor's rooms would examine Tom's bone marrow and match it to Tom's mother's.
In response, Tom just nodded softly and followed Tony Zucker's footsteps in silence. Tom's mind was not where he was standing but with something else. The moment where just before Tom left for the hospital, he overheard Kin and Eddie's uncle talking.