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

she

Nothing seemed enough.

Allison finally let her

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

the boy's eyes-they were just

"Joshua..." she murmured.

his head, dejected, whispering, "But I'm his son

ache spread

head, whispering, "It's okay,

deeply, someone who will be your

boy looked up at her,

heart throbbed painfully, stealing her

Suddenly, the scene changed.

A storm was raging.

stood alone in the rain,

was Joshua, all grown

walked closer, seeing his eyes red with

"He's gone," he whispered.

a phrase that lingered in the air, "I'll never have the

Sweet

meant he'd never again feel Ben's fatherly

wanted to say something,

storm, like a

as she

her heart was as sharp