Her brow creased. "Why can't Sienna just do it? She's family. Why are we putting our trust in some stranger?"
I took a breath. "Mom. Bone marrow compatibility has nothing to do with nationality or how well you know someone. This man is a complete match. Sienna was never confirmed as a match - she was just a possibility we were pursuing because we had no other options."
"But the risk of rejection - "
"Is lower with a complete match than it would be with a partial one." I kept my voice level. "This donor has no conditions. He's not asking us for anything. He's just willing to help."
Martha's mouth tightened. "If you had just gone to Sienna like I told you to - "
"If I had gone to Sienna," I said quietly, "Leo would have gotten his surgery in exchange for me signing away every legal righ
