Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Chapter 369

The police and ambulances showed up in no time. The culprits were quickly taken into custody.

At the hospital, just outside the emergency room, Brooklyn and Joy were a bundle of nerves. Joy couldn't stop pacing up and down the hallway, mumbling to herself, "Allison's going to be okay, she just has to be..."

Brooklyn stood stoically against the wall, her face tight with worry, staring silently at the floor.

Not long after, Javier and Linda burst in, clearly having rushed over after hearing the news.

"How's Allie doing?" Javier asked Brooklyn, his voice laced with urgency.

Brooklyn dropped her gaze, her face shadowed with guilt as she replied, her voice strained, "She got shot in the chest, and we're not sure if it hit her heart."

Javier swayed, nearly losing his footing at the shock of her words. "How could this happen?" he asked, his eyes wide in disbelief and filled with anguish.

my fault..." Joy's eyes welled up with tears, her voice breaking. "The bullet wasn't aimed at Allison. She pushed me out of harm's way to save me, and that's how she got shot... I'm so sorry, it

fought with them, and it was clear they were trained mercenaries. I even caught sight of a tattoo on one of them-it's the mark of the

show Javier a photo she'd snapped before the cops arrived. The guy who had been drugged and had a knife in his leg had a black gun-shaped tattoo on the back of

the photo, murmuring, "The biggest gang in America? Isn't

men," a cold voice interrupted before

to see Joshua approaching, looking deeply

his brow furrowed. "Chris

ruins was just a stand-in he'd set

Javier said,

is between him and the Fisher family. Why drag my family into this?

dark with regret.