Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Chapter 387

Chapter 387

Allison lay in bed, tossing and turning, her mind a whirlwind of thoughts. Eventually, she picked up her phone and shot Joshua a quick text.

"Thinking of you."

She stared at the screen, waiting, but nothing came back.

Was he asleep? Or caught up in the Fisher family chaos?

Allison let out a deep sigh, feeling a heavy weight settle in her chest. She wouldn't say it out loud, but she knew she hadn't completely moved on from Joshua. Given everything happening with his family, her worries for him only grew.

He must be feeling so lost.

It was almost dawn by the time sleep finally tugged at her eyelids. Just as she was drifting off, her phone screen lit up.

Joshua had replied.

"I'm okay, try to get some rest."

Allison read the message, but her concern didn't ease one bit.

How could he be okay? He'd just lost his dad and grandma.

She wanted to say something comforting.

Rubbing her eyes to wake herself up a bit more, she typed.

Deleted.

Typed again.

word at

the end, she left

Nothing seemed enough.

and Allison finally let

she saw a little boy watching his father hold another child,

boy's eyes-they were just like

"Joshua..." she murmured.

head, dejected, whispering, "But I'm

spread

touched the boy's head, whispering,

deeply, someone who will

looked up at her, "Is that someone

painfully, stealing her breath

Suddenly, the scene changed.

A storm was raging.

in the

Joshua, all

walked closer, seeing his eyes

"He's gone," he whispered.

that lingered in the

Sweet

never again feel

to say something, but no words

the storm, like

murmured as she

ache in her heart was as sharp as