Reborn at Eighteen The Billionaire's Second Chance novel Chapter 110

Reborn at Eighteen: The Billionaire’s Second

Chapter 110

Elara

Morning light came through the hospital blinds. I opened my eyes

and saw the empty chair beside my bed.

I stared at that chair. He said he had to deal with the Kennedy

situation and promised he’d come back when he was done.

That was six hours ago.

I reached for my phone. 6:47 AM. Three missed calls from Mamá.

Nothing from him.

My fingers typed before I could think about it.

“I’m going to school.”

The message showed delivered. Then read.

I waited. Watched the screen.

Three dots appeared. My chest tightened. The dots disappeared.

Appeared again.

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Then: “Ok.”

That was it. One word.

I set the phone down on the blanket. My hands were shaking and I

didn’t know if it was from the drugs still in my system or from the

hollow feeling spreading through my ribs.

He’d told me to stay. To wait for him. And I’d believed him.

I pressed my palms against my eyes. No tears came. I was too tired for

tears.

The discharge nurse gave me papers to sign. Her voice was kind when

she said I should rest at least another day.

“I have school,” I told her.

She didn’t argue. Just handed me the pen.

I found Raven’s room two doors down. The door was open and she

was shoving things into her backpack. Her movements were angry

and quick.

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“Hey.” I knocked on the doorframe.

She looked up. Her purple hair stuck out at odd angles and there were

dark circles under her eyes that matched mine.

“Christ, Elara.” She dropped the backpack. “You look terrible.”

“So do you.”

Her mouth twitched. Almost a smile. “Fair point.”

“You okay?”

“Physically, yeah. The nurse said-” She stopped. Bit her lip. “She said your brother brought us both in. Got us private rooms. Paid for

everything.”

Your brother. The words made my stomach hurt.

“He’s not my brother.”

Raven blinked. “Oh. I just thought–the way he acted last night, all

protective-”

“It’s complicated.” I didn’t know what else to say. What was Julian?

The man who kissed me until I couldn’t breathe and then left me

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alone in a hospital bed?

Raven nodded slowly. She didn’t push.

“Raven.”

“Yeah?”

“Thank you for texting me last night. For trusting me.”

Her hands stopped moving. “I should be thanking you. You actually

came.” Her voice cracked. “Nobody’s ever-”

She didn’t finish. I crossed the room and pulled her into a hug.

She stood stiff for a second. Then her arms came up and squeezed me

hard.

“We take care of each other now,” I said. “Okay?”

“Okay.”

School felt wrong.

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The building looked the same. Gothic stone. Polished floors. But

something in the air had changed. People were whispering.

Raven and I walked through the main entrance together. Heads

turned. Conversations stopped.

Then the whispers started up again. Louder.

“-Kennedy family-

“-at that club-”

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