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

Chapter 802

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Jace's hand fell to his side, his phone slipping onto the floor. His whole body seemed to collapse under invisible weight. His voice cracked. "Mom said... Dad... he's gone." Wayne didn't react, like he'd already seen this coming.

They stood there in tense silence before Wayne nuttered, "Let's go."

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Jace called while I was half-asleep. My dreams had been all over the place, and the phone's ringing yanked me out of that foggy mess. I groaned, fumbling for it. "Hello?" "Rea..." Jace's voice wavered, then broke.

"What is it?" I mumbled, still groggy.

"My dad... He's gone."

His voice was barely a whisper, yet it snapped me awake. My heart thudded as his words sank in.

Matthew Johnston. The man who took my parents from me-but also the man who treated me like his own daughter. I hated him, but I couldn't hate him completely.

Lindey to

could hear Jace quietly crying. "I... I don't have a father anymore," he

explain to anyone who hasn't felt it. I had. Losing my parents left

words, and I had nothing to give him. All I could do was hold

a while, when his voice evened out, I

said, his

even sure I could get out of bed, let alone show up. All I could manage was

"Rea, will you come?"

I stayed silent,

could I really go?

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told me that in his last moments, when

my eyes. I tilted my head back, staring at the ceiling. "I'll go," I

say anything

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usual doctor glare. "You're not bleeding anymore, and everything looks