Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

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I went to see Lena, and luckily, she was home.

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"What was with the late-night call? I was wiped after getting off the operating table and didn't call back. Were you sick or something?" Lena asked, only just remembering the missed call as soon as she saw me.

I kicked off my shoes and wandered across the carpet. If I was really sick, I'd probably be dead by now."

She wrapped an arm around my shoulders. "What's up? You mad?"

"Nah, I know you're busy. It was nothing, really," I said, deciding not to bring up Hayden being sick.

Lena wasn't buying it. "You don't call me in the middle of the night for nothing."

"It was about Hayden," I finally admitted. I didn't want her thinking it was something worse.

"He's a catch. If you don't lock him down, you'll regret it for

from Jace. I took a sip of

scoffed. "Weren't you two done forever

spot. "This

mood and clinked her

"Jace was good to you, you know. Why are you like

me, if he wasn't good to you, what's the point?" Lena said, proving yet again why she was my ride-or-die. "Come on, forget about him. Drink your juice, and then we'll go grab some good food," Lena said, raising

having it. She still dragged me out the door. "After we eat, we're going bar-hopping to check out some

of her white coat, Lena turned into a full-on city girl. You couldn't find a better example of "don't judge a book

And as luck would have it, the restaurant was right next to the cafe where Tanya wanted to meet. Before I even got out of the car, I spotted

looked a little

she called and texted me. Guess she wasn't bluffing about waiting. Thinking about her last message, where she

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kept sitting there, I knew

toward the café. "I'm gonna go talk

Lena said, not

matter how messy things got with the adults, the kid didn't deserve to be

front of Tanya, she blinked like she hadn't