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

Chapter 280

Chapter 780

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."

I refused to. "Gone? What do you mean, gone?"

no longer

I asked, my voice trembling, barely a whisper. Instead of answering, he just hugged me

words for a pain like that. I never

its way of showing me its "favor,"

And losing them so

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air out of me.

identities, and then we'll explain what happened,"

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

never got to see them one

years.

hadn't seen 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

sheet, fear washed over

of the dead. It was fear of the finality

I lifted the edge

were-Uncle Damien and Aunt Abby. Their faces were serene, as if