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

Chapter 331

If they unplugged the oxygen machine, she'd be gone forever.

"You should go be with her, you know, for her last moments," I whispered.

"I know, I'm going." Wade looked up at me. "Sorry for bothering you."

"I still hope for a miracle."

He didn't say anything else. Just turned and walked away, leaving me staring after him, feeling something... different. Not like last night.

"What are you staring at? I've been calling your phone, but you didn't pick up," Hayden said as he walked over, grabbing the flowers from m

1. is.

I wasn't sure how to bring up Wade to Hayden, especially since I hadn't mentioned running into Wade last night. And Wade's story was so complicated.

But mostly, I felt this weird sadness settle in me-Wade's words echoing in my head: 'She might not make it much longer.

"Hey, what do you think it means when two people who aren't even related look a lot alike?" I asked.

"People are made of genes. With so many people in the world, it's normal for some to have similar genes," Hayden replied, all logical and matter-of-fact.

I thought about what Wade said, about why he'd been following me, and then asked, "Do you think there'll ever be a day when you look for traces of me in someone else? Someone who looks like me?" "Why would I do that?" Hayden shot back.

his gaze. "I don't know, just what

"To me, you're you."

way of making me feel like I was

I was just

my ear. "I'm serious. I'd never go looking

a small laugh at how sweet he could be sometimes.

mine, he asked, "So, what

picture just now. There's this girl who looks a lot like me," I paused, the image still fresh in my mind. "Like, a ninety-percent

resemblance, but the longer I thought about it, the weirder it got-she really did look like

alike?"

I'm worried

us up,"

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laugh or defend himself like usual. Instead, he asked, "Where'd

"On a guy's phone.

"A guy's phone?"

student," I said, keeping it casual as I explained

Hayden fell silent.

off, I tilted my head and gently scratched his palm. "What's wrong? You're not

the way he avoided my eyes said