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

Chapter 280

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1 froze, completely stunned.

I knew Aunt Abby's condition had been critical if she'd passed, I could've braced myself for it. But Uncle Damien? He'd been fine. How could he be gone, just like that?

"H-how did my uncle... what happened?" I asked, my voice trembling.

"It's better if you come here. We'll explain everything," the nurse said before hanging up abruptly.

I stared at the phone for a long moment, struggling to process the call. The initial shock gave way to a growing wave of unease, one that dragged me back to the day I lost my parents.

I remember it like it was yesterday. The day had been so sunny, so perfect, it felt almost cruel. My teacher was mid-lesson when the homeroom teacher came in, whispered, something, and pulled me out of class. Standing outside was Matthew.

The moment he saw me, he wrapped me in a hug and said softly, "Keira, you still have us from now on.

Even as a kid, I knew something was wrong. "Mr. Johnston, what happened?"

His eyes filled with tears as he looked at me. "Your parents... they're gone."

do you mean, gone?" I asked, trying

gently stroked my head. "Gone means they're no longer

my head around it. "Not even one of them?" I asked, my voice trembling, barely a whisper.

pain like that. I never imagined I'd

way of showing

were still family. And losing them so suddenly still hit hard. When I arrived

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air out of me.

and then we'll explain what happened," the doctor and nurse

knew I had to. This wasn't something I could

never got to see

years.

their bodies, could it be possible they weren't really gone? Maybe they'd disappeared, hiding somewhere, like those miraculous stories you read in books. Now, standing in front of Uncle Damien and

fear washed over me, stronger than anything I'd ever

of the dead. It was fear of the finality of

trembled as I lifted the edge of

were-Uncle Damien and Aunt Abby. Their faces were