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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Can you get me the trashcan?"
"Sure cupcake."
He came back with the trashcan and then sat on the bed beside me. I just wanted someone to hold me, but Jackson was dating Brenda now, and I was determined to make things work with Simon.
"This is the second time you've had to take care of me," I murmured. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay, you can't help being sick."
"So you just left all those people in your house?"
"Yeah… looking back, that probably wasn't a good plan, but I was worried about you."
We laid in silence until Jackson's phone rang.
"It's a text message," he said after a moment. "From Simon. He wants to know what's up. I'll just tell him it was nothing and stay with you tonight."
"Actually Jack&he
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