When the Family 364

Chapter 364 I Came to Check on You

Jean let her head fall back onto the pillow, eyes closing on instinct.

Oddly enough, maybe it was psychological, but the pain in her head seemed to ease just a little.

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She tossed her phone aside, too exhausted to keep chatting with Winston. It kept dinging beside her with several new messages…

Winston had sent her quite a few texts, but none of them got a reply.

Half–conscious, Jean drifted in a haze–somewhere between dreaming and waking.

And then, in a daze-

She thought she saw her bedroom door slowly creak open.

Her lashes trembled faintly, and her eyes fluttered halfway open.

A tall, lean silhouette appeared without warning at the edge of her blurry vision.

Jean instinctively widened her eyes, trying to make out who it was…

the world in front of her felt dim and muddled, swirling

was

moved quickly

peppermint, low and lazy beside her ear. “Hey,

It was…

Jean’s fingers twitched.

It was Winston.

crept onto her lips. Her vision was still fuzzy, but her mind

knee, crouching beside

steady, fell on the side of her face. “I sent you a bunch

I remembered you said you

to one side. “So I came to check on

slowly lifted her eyes. Her vision was clearing, and she could start to

way here?” Her voice was soft, threaded with a hint of sweetness. “That’s

talk too much,” Winston cut

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lay

Came to Check on

wisely shut her

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little sister. He didn’t know

Ginger family to

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