Epilogue
Six Months Later
I palmed the back of my neck nervously and then turned to look up at Neil. He smiled, looking down at me, indicating everything was going to be just fine. It had been a long road for my brother. The transplant had gone well although they had kept him in the hospital a little longer than expected as a precaution.
I could feel the sweat in my palms as I stood hand in hand with Neil on my parents front porch. Everyone had been invited to celebrate Josh’s return home. He had been released from the hospital a month prior but my mom felt it would be better to wait rather than to have so much anxiety and commotion so soon afterwards.
Neil and I had been inseparable since our first week together. We were two people that molded together like a puzzle. We were each othe
