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."

a lid

glanced over at Allison, concern in his eyes, but she just smiled and

...

wandered into the garden for a breather and unexpectedly bumped into Joshua, who was also out for

the blood feel like it was turning to

each other in the biting wind,

breaking the silence.

It was the first thing Joshua had

Allison's eyes

damp lashes, her gaze drifting, and noticed the watch on

wanted to

still wearing the watch she

given

couldn't

Words

of

her voice laced with a

tears. .

watch on his wrist,

the first gift Allison had ever

him, at over sixty thousand dollars, yet