story: Lilith was sure this was the end for her. She'd been sick for a week, and the last of her tissues was gone. This couch piled with blankets and used tissues would be her grave. Already she could feel her nose dribbling again, the end approaching. But she was saved when her brother returned & tossed a new box to her.
 selected sentence: But she was saved when her brother returned & tossed a new box to her.
He gives her tissues >Causes> She feel(s) grateful 