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

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I heard about Jace's car accident two hours later-Wayne was the one to break the news.

"Rea, Jace was in an accident," he said, his voice tight with worry. "He's in surgery... Can you come to the hospital?"

My hand started shaking, and before I knew it, my phone slipped right out of my grip and crashed onto the

floor.

Wayne must've heard the thud. "Rea, are you okay? What happened?"

Lena was in the kitchen, cooking, but at the sound, she rushed over, eyes wide with concern.

Wayne's voice came through again. "Rea, we're not asking you to come for, like, a blood transfusion or anything. We just thought... maybe you'd want to see him. Because..."

He hesitated. "Because when they put him in the ambulance, the only name he was calling out was yours."

Lena shot a look at the phone, then back at me, and picked it up without missing a beat. "Jace and Keira are over. She doesn't need to hear this."

sat down next to me, wrapping an arm around my shoulders.

though...

Jace in the heat of our last conversation, so she

hand on my shoulder, her voice soft. "Hey, don't overthink it. This isn't your fault, so don't go

hospital, but the worry

the Johnstons.

the idea of him actually

was gone, I wouldn't even have the

out the Johnstons were behind my parents' deaths, I'd felt lost, like my mind

visit my parents' graves, but I hadn't been able to face it. Because

gone.

visit Cloudscape Monastery?" Lena offered

was a good idea. I hadn't been up there since Jace and I

little peace, and I'll make a wish while I'm at it," she said, trying to brighten my

she had the day off, and I

mountain, we realized the recent rains had totally washed

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to go up, it'll take at

had once funded the road up to the monastery, but now it was blocked. And still, I felt this weird pull to keep