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

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I braced myself. What could he possibly need to say? Probably his last wishes-stuff to handle once he was gone.

"Uncle Damien, stop. You don't need to talk about this. You'll be fine," I said, trying to shut

it down.

But he wasn't hearing it. He went on, carefully spelling out every detail: his assets, properties, even people I should know about.

It felt like he was reading out a will. And yeah, we weren't super close, but it still hit hard. This wasn't just paperwork-it was goodbye in disguise.

Noticing my reaction, he softened his voice, trying to console me. "Rea, everyone's time comes. When it's mine, don't be too sad, okay? Your Aunt Abby and I will finally be with Narelle again. Our family will be whole. That's something to be happy about." Hearing that crushed me. I finally understood the loneliness he'd been drowning in since Hosing Narelle. Every day must've felt like an endless void.

He never talked about it, but his grief for her was carved deep into his soul.

My chest felt like it was in a vice. I squeezed his hand tight. "You still have me. You're the only family I have left now."

we met so late in

but I knew. His will

was here, I wasn't Narelle.

going was Aunt Abby's fragile life. If I wanted him to hold on, there was only one option-saving her

1. me.

fall was caused by a heart attack, and Nate was the

He's supposed to be back in a couple of days," Lena agreed easily, though

hope flickering to

pulled off Yuna's heart transplant-if anyone could give

him.

me a faint smile before steering the convo in another direction. "That little girl, Nina- she's pretty pitiful. If you're not ready to send her back, at least go check

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the new place,

She'd sent me the address, but

hadn't explained why I was keeping

I will,"

a file from her desk. "Most were unreachable, but three agreed