I never thought a routine test would put a target on my back. “Your kidney is a perfect match,” the doctor whispered—then his face went pale. A match for him, one of the most powerful leaders in the country. “You don’t understand,” my friend gasped later, grabbing my arm. “They won’t ask. They’ll take it.” Now black cars follow me at night, and a single question haunts me: if my life can save his… why do they want me dead first?
I never thought a routine medical screening at my warehouse job would become the day my life split in half. My name is Ethan Carter, I’m thirty-two, divorced, and the kind of man people forget five minutes after meeting. I loaded freight in Columbus, Ohio, worked double shifts when I could, and spent my weekends…