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.

I couldn't stop myself from asking, "How did you even

wasn't hard if you really wanted to

sense, but something about them didn't sit right. Nate and I had been tearing the city apart looking for her and

you care about Lena more than the rest of us," I

long coat sweeping dramatically behind him. Not gonna lie, the guy had that whole tall, dark, and handsome vibe down.

spotted me and pouted playfully.

it's true-after chaos comes

a few jokes, shaking off some of the stress from

should head home and rest. Mr. Ace is downstairs waiting

a worried

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here, there wasn't much else they

Plus, it gave Lena and Nate some time

do it," Nate volunteered,

I handed him the ointment Aaron had sent up. "Here, her uncle says to make sure she actually uses this." I winked at

mom gave a final round of instructions before they left, still fussing over Lena like moms do. I closed the door behind them, giving them a

lucky Aaron was there. If

off, and I

Lane, it's over now," I said