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

but something about them didn't sit right. Nate and I had

about Lena more

off, his long coat sweeping dramatically behind him. Not gonna lie, the guy had that whole tall, dark, and handsome vibe down. When I got to Lena's floor, I spotted her

me and pouted playfully. "Rea,

it's true-after chaos

off some of the stress from her

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

giving Lena a

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there wasn't much else they

Plus, it gave Lena

do it," Nate

him the ointment Aaron had sent up. "Here, her uncle says to make

final round of instructions before they left, still fussing over Lena like moms do. I closed the door

there. If not for him... Lena might

and I could

now," I said