guys are at work."
"They have jobs?" I asked.
"Yeah, didn't you know that?" Amanda wondered. "They all applied at the club."
"And they got the jobs?" I asked, still not believing it.
"Yeah...I think Lukas said something about the joys of having a fake ID," Lena said.
"Kris, what hospital are you at?" Lena's voice rang through the receiver.
"Memorial Hospital, near where my grandma lives," I said.
I was about to say more when I heard Stephanie call my name from the doorway.
"I gotta go, guys," I said then flipped my phone shut and ran over to her. "Are we allowed to see Grandma yet?"
"Not yet," Stephanie answered. "But we will soon. Uncle Ethan just told us that." I nodded and followed her back inside.
We did get to see Grandma...for maybe ten minutes. Unfortunately, she looked really pale and her breathing didn't sound right. All of us refused to leave, so we wound up spending the night at the hospital. Uncle Ethan called the schools, telling them that Megan and I wouldn't be in the following day. I doubted I'd want to go to school at all this week; it was no secret that out of all her grandchildren, I was the most attached to her. And no matter what anyone said, I could tell she wasn't getting any better.
I must have fallen asleep, because I felt someone shaking me lightly and I heard a familiar accent calling my name softly. When I opened my eyes, I saw Henry kneeling in front of me.
"Lena told me that I should come see how you're doing, love," Henry said. I looked around and saw that, apart from a nurse, we were alone. He took my hands and looked at them for a while, before looking back at me. "Let's go for a walk," he suggested. "We won't go far."
I sighed and we took off down the hall, hand in hand, walking slowly.
"Did you meet anyone here yet?" I asked after a while.
"Just Megan and your cousin. I think everyone else was with your grandma."
I looked at him and noticed that most of his bruises were gone and his black eye was healed, but his lip had a scar from the cut that had been there.
"How'd you get here?" I asked.
"Left school at lunch," Henry said. "Told them I wasn't feeling well."
We walked around the hospital for about fifteen minutes, mostly talking about the work I was missing at school. When we decided to head back to the waiting room, Megan and Stephanie was there, along with Stephanie's mom, Aunt Joan.
I introduced them. "Aunt Joan, this is Henry."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, miss," Henry said.
"I've heard a lot about you," Joan said.
I raised an eyebrow. I had never told her about Henry, so I glared at Megan, who was trying exceedingly hard to look innocent. "From the sounds of things, you're a definite upgrade from Kristina's ex-boyfriend. Oh, what was his name? Dale...Dan...?"
"David," Megan offered.
"I'd be careful if I were you though, Henry. Ethan is very protective of Kristina," Joan warned.
"He'll probably give you the evil eye for hours," Stephanie added.
A few minutes later, Ethan sauntered down the hall towards us. "So, you must be Henry."
"Yes, sir," Henry said.
"We finally get a chance to meet," Ethan said. "May I speak to you alone for a minute, Henry?"
"Be nice," Joan said.
I gave Henry's hand a squeeze before he followed Uncle Ethan down the hall and around the corner. This wasn't exactly the ideal setting for my boyfriend to meet my uncle. Truth be told, I didn't want them to meet at all.
I wondered what Henry would say. Uncle Ethan was good at telling if someone was lying, whether it was someone he knew his whole life or someone he had just met. Would he wind up making Henry spill the truth about how this whole thing started as a way to get back at our exes? Sometimes I didn't really know what was fake or real with Henry anymore-it just felt good, whatever it was. Henry was doing things I never expected from him, like running to my aid at a time like this just because Lena called him and told him to.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
I STOOD SPEECHLESS at the spectacle
"They have jobs?" I asked.
"Yeah, didn't you know that?" Amanda wondered. "They all applied at the club."
"And they got the jobs?" I asked, still not believing it.
"Yeah...I think Lukas said something about the joys of having a fake ID," Lena said.
"Kris, what hospital are you at?" Lena's voice rang through the receiver.
"Memorial Hospital, near where my grandma lives," I said.
I was about to say more when I heard Stephanie call my name from the doorway.
"I gotta go, guys," I said then flipped my phone shut and ran over to her. "Are we allowed to see Grandma yet?"
"Not yet," Stephanie answered. "But we will soon. Uncle Ethan just told us that." I nodded and followed her back inside.
We did get to see Grandma...for maybe ten minutes. Unfortunately, she looked really pale and her breathing didn't sound right. All of us refused to leave, so we wound up spending the night at the hospital. Uncle Ethan called the schools, telling them that Megan and I wouldn't be in the following day. I doubted I'd want to go to school at all this week; it was no secret that out of all her grandchildren, I was the most attached to her. And no matter what anyone said, I could tell she wasn't getting any better.
I must have fallen asleep, because I felt someone shaking me lightly and I heard a familiar accent calling my name softly. When I opened my eyes, I saw Henry kneeling in front of me.
"Lena told me that I should come see how you're doing, love," Henry said. I looked around and saw that, apart from a nurse, we were alone. He took my hands and looked at them for a while, before looking back at me. "Let's go for a walk," he suggested. "We won't go far."
I sighed and we took off down the hall, hand in hand, walking slowly.
"Did you meet anyone here yet?" I asked after a while.
"Just Megan and your cousin. I think everyone else was with your grandma."
I looked at him and noticed that most of his bruises were gone and his black eye was healed, but his lip had a scar from the cut that had been there.
"How'd you get here?" I asked.
"Left school at lunch," Henry said. "Told them I wasn't feeling well."
We walked around the hospital for about fifteen minutes, mostly talking about the work I was missing at school. When we decided to head back to the waiting room, Megan and Stephanie was there, along with Stephanie's mom, Aunt Joan.
I introduced them. "Aunt Joan, this is Henry."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, miss," Henry said.
"I've heard a lot about you," Joan said.
I raised an eyebrow. I had never told her about Henry, so I glared at Megan, who was trying exceedingly hard to look innocent. "From the sounds of things, you're a definite upgrade from Kristina's ex-boyfriend. Oh, what was his name? Dale...Dan...?"
"David," Megan offered.
"I'd be careful if I were you though, Henry. Ethan is very protective of Kristina," Joan warned.
"He'll probably give you the evil eye for hours," Stephanie added.
A few minutes later, Ethan sauntered down the hall towards us. "So, you must be Henry."
"Yes, sir," Henry said.
"We finally get a chance to meet," Ethan said. "May I speak to you alone for a minute, Henry?"
"Be nice," Joan said.
I gave Henry's hand a squeeze before he followed Uncle Ethan down the hall and around the corner. This wasn't exactly the ideal setting for my boyfriend to meet my uncle. Truth be told, I didn't want them to meet at all.
I wondered what Henry would say. Uncle Ethan was good at telling if someone was lying, whether it was someone he knew his whole life or someone he had just met. Would he wind up making Henry spill the truth about how this whole thing started as a way to get back at our exes? Sometimes I didn't really know what was fake or real with Henry anymore-it just felt good, whatever it was. Henry was doing things I never expected from him, like running to my aid at a time like this just because Lena called him and told him to.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
I STOOD SPEECHLESS at the spectacle
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