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.

again, one word at a

the end, she

Nothing seemed enough.

Allison finally let her eyes close, phone still

a little boy watching his father hold another child, his eyes filled with sadness and

boy's eyes-they were just

"Joshua..." she murmured.

dejected, whispering, "But I'm

ache spread through

the boy's head, whispering, "It's

who will be your

boy looked up at her,

throbbed painfully,

Suddenly, the scene changed.

A storm was raging.

the rain, looking so forlorn and

Joshua, all grown

closer, seeing his eyes red

"He's gone," he whispered.

phrase that lingered in the air,

Sweet

understood—he meant he'd never again feel

say something,

silently in the storm, like a

as

in her heart was