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le

is mind. I didn't wait for him to say

tears. The moment the door clicked behind me, I leaned against it, trying to

sn't waiting

through a fashion magazine like nothing in the world mattered. As s

o just got home after being a whore. You couldn't get Jasper, so now

in disbel

Hopping from one Cain to the next like a desperate li

I shot back, my voice hoa

g Nathan will bring Jasper running back to you? It won't work. Jasper d

des. "Jasper never cared, Cass. He used me and he'

w sound. "You're jealous, just admit it.

es you. Jasper wants your inheritance. Your father's empire. Once h

she screamed. "Just admit you're bitter, hmmm, admi

t her. "Believe whatever helps you sleep at nig

bursts as I leaned against the door, the weight of everything pressing down on me.

ssible. I'd been betrayed and used, again. I mean, I knew it was a pretend date but cutting things off that way is nothin

sleep, my pillow da

.......................

g. I sat up groggily, my throat raw and my eyes puffy. The screen dis

ell

"You need to come to the hospital immediately. Your

art dr

........... You know what....... I'm coming, you all should sav

the city flew past the window. I just kept seeing my mother's face trying to rememb

rgency. Nurses moved briskly. Machines beeped om

. I'm here to

glass wall, I watched the doctors surround her, their faces

glass. "Please," I whispered.

emerged. He pulled off his gloves and

still in a coma, it looks like she

But... she's

ne all we can. The

so pale, like a sleeping ghost. I sat beside her,

es and all the love you showed me. I know I don't always say it, but I need you. I need you to fig

y, holding it against my

e hallway, I noticed chaos near one of the emergency roo

by the arm. "W

nt. She's B negative and nee

," I said quickl

blinked. "A

ake me t

y arm, blood slowly flowing into the bag. I focused on my breat

tre and I waited there for a positive response. Af

if you hadn't given blood

goodness" I breath

one would do," I said.

immediate dange

I will ta

thanks o

all smile formed on my lips as I walked toward the e

ped into the h

was

at