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.

couldn't stop myself from asking, "How

wasn't hard if you really

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

dark, and handsome vibe down. When I got to Lena's floor, I spotted her with Nate. And yeah, it clicked immediately why Aaron had decided to stay

spotted me and pouted playfully. "Rea,

her. "Guess it's true-after

off some of the stress from

said with a smile, "you guys should head home and rest. Mr. Ace is downstairs

Lena a worried glance. He seemed to realize

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there wasn't

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

it,"

with your injured girlfriend." I handed him the ointment Aaron had sent up. "Here, her uncle says to

round of instructions before they left, still fussing over

Aaron was there. If not for

I could only nod.

I said gently,