Jesse's Girl (Bishop Family Book 2) by Brooke St. James

Author:Brooke St. James [St. James, Brooke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue House Press
Published: 2017-07-19T03:00:00+00:00

We we're collectively silent on the way back to Memphis. Pa talked for a minute about how fleeting this life was, but Jesse and I weren't really responsive, so he dropped the subject pretty quickly. Jesse and I both had our own things going on, so we opted for silence. He turned on the radio and we just listened to music.

We were about twenty minutes from Memphis when we heard the news of the accident on the radio. They said the two names of the guys who had been killed in the accident, and I honestly felt like I was going to throw up when it hit me that these guys actually died. Tyler and Vince. They were two of Barrett's best friends, and honestly, my body didn't know how to respond to the news. I felt nauseous and anxious, like the whole world had turned on it's axis and suddenly I, too, was in danger. I glanced at the speedometer to see how fast Jesse was going just to make sure we weren't about to crash.

The rest of the trip went by in a complete blur.

I cried some and Pa said some comforting things, and before I knew it, we were pulling up at Methodist Hospital.

Jesse hadn't said a word the whole time. I shouldn't have cared enough to notice that, but I did. In the midst of everything that was going on, I still cared about Jesse and wondered how he felt.

Pa got out to let me climb out of the passenger's side, but I stopped and looked at Jesse first. He gave me a little noncommittal smile that said he expected me to smile back before I left.

"I'm sorry we didn't get to finish our conversation," I said.

He gave me another courtesy smile. "It's okay," he said.

Maybe I wanted him to be more disappointed than he was because I hesitated for a second or two even though Pa was waiting for me to get out of the truck.

"I don't know what's waiting for me in there," I said.

"It's fine," he said, glancing out the window at the hospital entrance. "Go do what you need to do."

"I'm sorry," I whispered.

Jesse looked at me. His expression was completely unreadable. I wished I knew what he was thinking. I hopped out of the truck and regretfully waved at him. He gave me a little two-fingered salute, and I turned to find that Pa was standing there with his arms out, waiting for a hug. "I'm sure your parents heard about it, but I'll call and fill them in," Pa said.

I thanked them and hugged Pa before heading inside to see what craziness awaited me.

During the next three hours I stayed with Barrett's mom in the waiting room. I spoke to my parents and got a more detailed account of what had happened in the accident. Apparently, there was bus trouble, so the team could either wait for them to straighten that out or get their own ride home. There were

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