Letting My Brother's Best Friend Take My V-Card

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PART 2 - CHAPTER 139

LUKE

I hadn't slept in days. Every second Jess was in that hospital bed felt like a fucking eternity. My mind kept replaying every

some sick word, every look, every argument we'd had, like fucking loop I couldn't break out of.

We missed the game. Coaches were pissed, but Jocelyn managed to pull some strings for me, and it looked like his agent could do the same. I was surprised, to say the least, when I called Jocelyn; she was very... understanding and helpful. Frankly, I was shocked. Tomorrow, I had to fly out, or I'd be on the bench for the rest of the season. And even though I knew that every logical part of my brain screamed I had to go, I didn't want to leave. I would watch the world burn if it meant I could stay...

I

But after the incident with my father, I knew I was cut off financially, and I needed to make something of myself, for Jess... She deserved better, the fucking best.

The emergency surgery, the brain bleed, the doctors talking about taking her off sedation like that was some kind of miracle cure-it was all bullshit. She'd been out for over a week now, and still, nothing. No signs, no movement, no Jess. Hated every second of not knowing if she'd wake up or even be the same Jess when she did. Every minute that passed felt like another chunk of my chest being ripped out, and all I could do 22.03

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was sit there, pretending like I had any control over this shit.

I needed a shower, but I couldn't force myself to leave. What if she woke up when I wasn't there?

And then I heard it.

"She's waking up!" Jess's mom's voice pierced through the hall, and I shot up so fast the world spun around me. Everything blurred for a split second, but I didn't care.

running, my heart pounding in

I reached her room, Josh was already there, standing

open. Holy shit. She was

heart should've felt lighter, but it didn't.

wrong.

eyes were darting around like she didn't know where she was, and her

this was just part of the fucking process. But I could see

voice soft and soothing. "You're in the hospital. Just breathe,

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tears already streaming down her mom's face. Jess didn't even recognize them. Her own fucking parents and she looked at them like they were strangers. "Don't try to speak yet. You've been through a lot," the nurse.

my God, Jess..." Her mom choked out, taking a step closer, her

Her dad's voice broke, and that was the

and it felt like a punch straight to the gut. "Jess... baby, it's us," he said like was supposed to just know them. "It's Mom and Dad. You don't remember?"" But Jess didn't move. Her eyes were wide, filled with nothing but confusion and fear. She didn't fucking know them. How the fuck was this happening? This wasn't just confusion. This was something else, something much worse. "Jessica, you're safe," the nurse said, trying to get her to focus. "You've been through a

the second. Her dad leaned in closer, growing more frantic by the second. Her dad leaned in closer,

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her voice sharp, panic

clenched my jaw so hard I thought it might break. Seeing her like this, seeing her terrified of the people she should know. better

into fists, nails biting into my palms, but I couldn't fucking do

I wanted to punch something, break something-anything to stop this. But I couldn't. I just stood there,

the nurse said again, her voice still calm, but more urgent

us like we were strangers, like she didn't even know her own name- was too much. I felt my throat tighten,