Maya arrived with a bag of snacks and six more purple paint chips.

“Hannah would’ve insisted on the ugliest one,” she said.

“Then let’s find it,” I answered.

PART 14: The Letter to Chloe

A month after the hospital, I received a handwritten card from Clara.

Chloe was home from her initial hospital stay, continuing recovery and follow-up care, and adjusting to the complicated routines that came with a transplant.

Some days were encouraging.

Others were frightening.