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

Chapter 591

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A heavy weight settled in my chest. "Mrs. Young, I'm... a friend of Demi's. I heard something happened to her. Do you know how she's doing? What happened?"

"We... we don't know... she won't say a word," Mrs. Young's voice wavered, breaking.

"Is Demi's boyfriend there with her?" I asked.

"Boyfriend?" She sounded surprised, like she didn't even know.

My heart sank. I got my answer. Whatever had happened to Demi, it had to do with him-and he wasn't even there.

She caught on. "What do you mean by 'boyfriend'?" she asked.

"That's something Demi should explain herself. For now, can I talk to her? Just tell her it's Keira."

"Alright, alright... maybe you can get through to her," Mrs. Young said, sounding a little hopeful.

I heard her speak to Demi, "Demi, it's... it's your friend Keira. She wants to talk to you."

was near her, so i spoke. "Demi, I'm in Houston. My

are you okay? Is someone hurting you? Did it have to

"Demi, answer her! Is

could hear Demi's soft sobs. That was answer enough. Still, I asked, "Demi, what did

sobbing grew louder,

carefree. She never let anything get to her. But now, she was

jerk do

a word out of her. Finally, Mrs. Young sighed. "She won't say

now. I'll talk to

"Alright... thank you."

her," I added,

her-something so bad she couldn't talk about it.

of one to find someone better. By her own logic, even if her boyfriend had

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her life over

was Demi, clearly

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hadn't been in any hurry to go back, but now

her parents about her boyfriend, she wasn't going to share her pain with them, either. Maybe I was the only