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I gave her the kidney in good faith, just as I gave her the ring in contemplation of marriage. Because I loved her, and would do anything for her. My soon-to-be wife, for better or worse, till death do us part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She returned the ring three months later, but kept the kidney. \u201cThere\u2019s another man,\u201d she said, \u201cwho loves me more than you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My anger exceeded my devastation. How could any man love a woman more than giving her a literal part of himself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I sued her, but the judge dismissed the case, citing something about an \u201cirrevocable gift that could not be returned.\u201d We\u2019ll see about that. There\u2019s more than one way to \u200cskin a cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She answers the door after the third knock, a look of surprise on her face that quickly turns to fear. \u201cWhy are you here?\u201d she asks, her voice trembling. \u201cI\u2019m calling the police. You need to leave now.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m here for my kidney,\u201d I say, as I plunge the serrated knife hard and deep. She crumples in the doorway, wide-eyed, clutching her chest. I stand there, fascinated, watching her life drain away with the red. \u201cWe\u2019re even, honey. You can keep the kidney.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I gave her the kidney in good faith, just as I gave her the ring in contemplation of marriage. Because I loved her, and would do anything for her. My soon-to-be wife, for better or worse, till death do us part. She returned the ring three months later, but kept the kidney. \u201cThere\u2019s another man,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-2673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychological","tag-microfiction"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-Irrevocable-Gift.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2673"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3950,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673\/revisions\/3950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twistytales.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}