Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Chapter 258

"Ah, you know how love goes, right? Who can predict these things?" Linda chuckled, waving at the little boy playing blocks with Lizzy. "Hey Johnny, come over here to Auntie."

Johnny dropped his blocks and hurried over to Linda.

With a warm smile, Linda scooped up some candies from the fruit bowl and handed them to Johnny. "So, Johnny, how did your exams go? What's your rank in class?"

Johnny was the younger son of Linda's curly-haired sister. He was a lively sixth- grader, always up to some mischief, often leading to parent-teacher meetings.

Curly-haired Aunt's non-stop chatter came to an abrupt halt when Linda mentioned her son's grades, and she looked a bit embarrassed.

Unfazed by his less-than-stellar performance, Johnny replied honestly, "Auntie, I got forty-five in math, thirty-six in English, fifty-one in history, and my class rank is..."

"Alright, that's enough. If you're not embarrassed, I am," Curly-haired Aunt cut him off.

"What's there to be embarrassed about? I've made progress," Johnny shot back. "Last semester, I was third from the bottom, and this time I'm up to fifth from the bottom."

Laughter erupted among the relatives.

"Kids really do say the darnedest things," someone remarked.

Curly-haired Aunt pulled Johnny close and whispered fiercely, "Go play with Lizzy. Why are you here showing off? Fifth from the bottom isn't something to brag about."

smiled, finally putting a lid on her sister's

she just smiled and shook her head,

...

dinner, Allison wandered into the garden for a breather and unexpectedly bumped into

wind whipped around them, making the blood feel

each other in the biting wind, neither saying a

away first, breaking the silence.

It was the first thing Joshua

Allison's eyes

gaze drifting, and

She wanted to ask

the watch she

given

couldn't get

Words

of

voice laced

tears. .

on his wrist, a sharp pain

first gift Allison had ever

over sixty thousand dollars, yet he'd