No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 303



"Not feeling well?" Dustin walked in, holding a bouquet, his face etched with concern.

Lying down at this moment seemed inappropriate. Grasping the bedrail, I attempted to sit up, but Dustin pressed gently against my shoulder. "Don't get up."

"I'm okay," I insisted, trying to sit up anyway.

Lying before Ernest was never awkward, making him quite different from other men to me.

Dustin's gaze fixed on my face. "What happened?"

How could I tell him the shock from my parents' situation had got to me?

It wasn't that I couldn't say it, but it was more that I didn't want to. For some reason, I'd been keeping my words to a minimum, avoiding wasting them on things I could easily brush off.

"Just a little faint from low blood sugar," I lied.

Dustin seemed skeptical, eyeing me closely before I quickly changed the subject, "What did you want to talk about?"

Dustin hesitated, then offered a placating falsehood, "Nothing much."

if you've got something to say.

wait until you're feeling better,"

that was why I couldn't see him as more than a brotherly

his buttons, feigning urgency. "Not telling me makes me more

somewhat helpless. "Fine, I'll tell

for seconds. "Rad had a fall-out with my parents. You

I haven't," I admitted

and

softly. "My mom kicked Haley out of one of Rad's houses, which set Rad off. My dad hit him and talked of cutting him off, even threatening to kick him

was only aware of the first part. The rest was

I felt it would end badly, but she

are you trying to say by telling me all this?" I

if it was hard to

want me to

into this, but my parents

because of me,

what I

me, but he let Haley stay there

eyes held

this

thing's for sure..."