Chapter 105

“Besides the patient who received the liver and kidney,” I said, “someone would have gotten the heart, and the corneas probably went to two different people. I don’t think they used anything else.”

“We can probably rule out the corneas,” Dani said, “but it wouldn’t hurt to follow up on those patients, anyhow.”

“Now that I’ve had a minute or two to think about it,” I said, “we can probably rule out the heart as well.”

“Why?” Father said.

“Because the heart is little more than a pump, it’s just a muscle and it doesn’t really interact with the body chemically the way kidneys do. That being said, there should be a follow-up.”

“What would we need?” Stefano said.

“A blood sample from each patient,” Dani said, “and a follow-up sample in a year or so.”

“And if any of them now have the genes,” I said, “at some point—years down the road—they’re going to start wondering about themselves.”

“By the way,” Dani said, “there’s more.”