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

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This whole situation involved way too many people.

Demi was already hanging by a thread, yet she still wanted to be the shield, the one who took the hits. I couldn't stand the thought of her going through it again.

If we could find other victims-anyone willing to step forward or share evidence-maybe, just maybe, we could end DracoLux for good.

"Some of the girls, I can still find," Lena said, her tone serious. "But not all. And even if I do track them down, you need to understand they didn't report it back then for a reason. There's no guarantee they'll help now. She wasn't wrong. This wasn't just hard-it was near impossible.

"It's okay," I said quietly. "We'll try. If they're willing, great. If not... at least we tried."

My brief spark of hope gave way to a deeper sadness.

The thought of how many girls had suffered like Demi made my stomach churn.

"I'll start looking into my records," Lena promised, determination etched across her face.

She didn't care about rules or red tape. If breaking them meant taking down DracoLux, she'd do it without hesitation.

"Just... be careful," I said, my voice soft but firm.

into this nightmare scared me. If word got back to Cole or

weren't absolutely necessary, I wouldn't want her to

will," Lena replied, calm and

myself. I hugged

shoving me back. "I'm

I said,

a small

It gav

I knew better. Lena had told me

sat beside her, taking her hand in mine. Slowly, her eyes

gently. I couldn't take her pain away, but I

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have to

hurt," Demi

Those words hurt me.

the physical pain. Whatever she was feeling inside was so much worse, so deep that it made everything else seem

at her swollen lips, "there's a lot

hesitated. Talking couldn't be easy for her. "We can talk

distracts me,"

before, but if that was what she needed, 1 wasn't going to argue.

for a moment, collecting

this thing-let's call it a collateral loan. You strip,