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

Chapter 643

You watched him get cremated, didn't you? It's probably just a coincidence." Without waiting for a response, he ended the call. His gaze drifted back up to the Ferris wheel, where Keira was still at the top.

I stayed up there until the last of the park-goers had left, until the bright lights. dimmed and melted into the quiet of the night. Only then did I finally step off the Ferris wheel.

Wayne was still waiting, coming over to help me down.

His

eyes scanned my face, like he was trying to read something I wasn't offering.

But I'd left everything up there, spilled out with the view. By the time I was back on the ground, I was just... me again.

"It's late. Let's go," he said softly.

. I trailed behind him out of the park, breaking the silence with, "Tell me about

Demi."

"She's in Lindale. That's all I know. If you want more, you'll have to reach out yourself," he said, careful as always.

He pulled out his phone and tapped out a quick message. "Her number and

address. Sent."

keeping it short. Then I

he called after me. His voice was steady, but

heavier. "...Get some rest."

he really wanted to say. But I

viral spectacle, totally dominated the trending topics overnight. But somehow, I was trending too except for something

checked into a hotel with some "young hunks" after drinking at a bar. The post even came with a video so cleanly shot it might as well have been directed

just some nosy passerby trying to stir the pot. Someone went

was bold enough to actually pull something like that, I wouldn't flinch at people finding out. Just yesterday, Lena

and I wasn't about to let someone else use me for

them down was almost too easy. A quick trip

into view, I actually blinked in surprise. She was

you want to do with her is your call. We won't defend her, and she's no longer

to find work?" Tanya's words were as sharp

Tanya I once knew. She was hardened now, stripped of grace, a shell of who she used to

a gamble-one wrong move, and everything falls apart. If Tanya had just let go of her schemes and settled for a quiet life with

spit it out," Tanya snapped, defiant as

I asked, my

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always trying to get ahead, to climb higher. That's all I

refused to see