CHAPTER 91

LUKE

"It's been a week. This is fucking ridiculous! They must have an answer. A reason! Something other than 'she needs to do it on her own. What a useless fucking thing to say! They're supposed to be the specialists!" I was seeing red, my vision tunneling as I paced outside th "I'm sorry, man. I know she's important to you to all of us. I'm sure she'll wake up when she's ready. We just gotta wait," Tom said softly, trying not to

provoke me. I wanted to laugh in his face. What a bullshit thing to say that she means a lot to everyone. If she doesn't wake up... "Fuck." I breathed out, sinking down onto the concrete, and letting my head fall into my hands. Tom sat down next to me

Why he was here, I couldn't understand-or maybe I could. He was still under the delusion that Jessica was his girlfriend. Technically she was...

"Look, Tom. I need to tell you something, man," I said, more to the concrete floor than to him. I need to tell him that I slept with her. I need to tell him that whatever he thought they were they aren't.

But what was the alternative? Jessica dating me? From bad t fucking worse. After everything she's been through she

deserves something better than

"Yeah, sure. What's up?"

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of my mother's voice ringing through the air.

Weren't they in Europe?

I jumped up just as she reached us, pulling me into

terrible. We can't believe it happened. We feel awful that we only got here now but your father had an important meetingI'm so sorry. Are you okay? You did the

blurry and my nose stuffed up like I was about to

I wasn't of course...

my face furiously, trying to get rid of the evidence, just as my father approached. "Lukas," he said, nodding once, using my

a fist in his face. He wasn't. supposed to be here. He's the very same breed as the assholes I saved Jess from. I nodded back. My mother looked between us and sighed, knowing that this battle was a different beast altogether

my mother asked, glancing at

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mother narrowed her eyes

no way of repaying him. I wouldn't even know where to start," Tom said, looking over at me like I

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