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.

myself from asking, "How did you even find

if you really

didn't sit right. Nate and I had been tearing

guess you care about Lena more

tall, dark, and handsome vibe down. When I got to Lena's floor, I spotted her with Nate. And

spotted me and pouted playfully. "Rea,

her. "Guess it's true-after chaos comes good

cracked a few jokes, shaking off some of the stress from her

Mrs. Lane," I said with a smile, "you guys should head home and rest. Mr.

Lena a worried

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there wasn't much else they

Aaron's request. Plus, it gave

do it," Nate volunteered,

you stay with your injured girlfriend." I handed him the ointment Aaron had sent up. "Here, her

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

there. If not for

and I could only nod. Lucky,

said gently, linking my arm