Donate a Kidney to His First Love? I'd Rather Walk Away

On our engagement day, I couldn't reach Allan Gilbert.

A full table of guests stared at me with strange looks on their faces, and my father kept up an awkward, apologetic smile.

Then a text came through from Allan.

"Peggy Pruitt, come to the hospital right now."

Before I could even ask what had happened to him, a second text landed.

"Joyce urgently needs a healthy kidney. If you donate yours to her, we'll get married tomorrow."