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To celebrate her childhood friend Julian Thorne’s birthday, Chloe Miller didn't want me around. So, with one phone call, she tricked my daughter and me into going to a ski resort thirty miles away. A fierce blizzard trapped us there, and that’s where my life ended. It wasn't until the day she regained her sight that she finally remembered me, the one she’d tricked into that ski resort. “Still holding a grudge against me? What a big man, so petty.” Later, when Julian got into a car accident and desperately needed RH-negative blood, she frantically searched for me. She even went as far as draining our daughter’s blood to save her childhood friend. But our weak daughter held her hand, crying: “Mommy, Daddy died a long time ago. Your corneas? He donated them!” “Daddy, please don’t die. I’ll call Mommy to save you right now.” Facing my tear-streaked Lily, I reached out to wipe away her tears, using my last ounce of strength to tell her, “You have to live well. After Daddy’s gone, donate my eyes to Mommy.” My daughter clutched my phone, dialing Chloe Miller’s number again and again. In this icy wilderness, my heart completely died too. The moment my consciousness completely faded, my soul detached from my body and drifted back to where