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

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I ran into Aaron in the hospital lobby, and he was carrying a bag that looked like it was packed with ointments.

"Where's Lena?" I asked, skipping over any formalities. Calling him "Mr. Ace" felt too stiff, and "Uncle Aaron"? Yeah, no. He wasn't much older than me or Lena, so that was a hard pass.

"She's upstairs getting checked," Aaron replied, glancing at his watch. "She should be done by now."

"I'll go check on her," I said, heading toward the elevators.

"Wait." Aaron held out the bag. "Her wrists and ankles are bruised. Use this."

I took the bag. "You're not coming up?"

"No," he said. "I'll wait in the car. When Gabriel and Carol are done, can you help send

them downstairs?"

He meant Lena's parents.

His response left me confused, but since we weren't close, I didn't want to pry.

stop myself from asking, "How did you

wasn't hard if you really

and I had been tearing the

more than the rest of us,"

Not gonna lie, the guy had that whole tall, dark, and handsome vibe down. When I got to Lena's floor,

and pouted playfully. "Rea, gimme

it's

shaking off some of the stress from

guys should head home and rest. Mr. Ace is

giving Lena a worried glance.

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Nate here, there wasn't much else they could

out," 1 offered, remembering Aaron's request. Plus, it gave Lena and

it," Nate

ointment Aaron had sent up. "Here, her uncle says to make sure she

a final round of instructions before they left, still fussing over Lena like moms do.

was there. If not for

and I could only nod. Lucky,

over now," I said gently, linking my