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Things are still going our way, despite the fact that I got distracted last night with Brianna.
I can’t take that chance again.
No more distractions.
“We’re thinking,” Rory says, “that it might be better for Dragon to stay here. Recuperate fully. And then join us in Paris. We can use Jett’s drummer until then.”
“I can’t leave Dragon here alone,” I say.
Rory reaches toward me and places her hand on my arm. “He needs a few days to heal, Jess. To detox from the drugs.”
“I… I don’t know. I have to talk to his doctors. To him.”
“There’s no time to get back to the hospital today,” Rory says. “We’ve got to meet the new drummer and practice. We’re running out of time.”
My sister’s right, of course. But someone has to be there when Dragon wakes up.
Somebody who doesn’t have anything else to do.
Maddie.
Maddie and Brianna.
Chapter Six
Brianna
“I feel so useless,” Maddie says to me.
The two of us are back in our room, and we’re not sure what to do with ourselves.
We saw the big sites on the guided tour, and we spent some time in museums and strolling the streets of London by ourselves. We didn’t get our meat pie on Fleet Street, but I couldn’t eat now.
We haven’t done much shopping either. Not that I’m a huge shopper, and neither is Maddie. Maybe she would be if she had more money.
None of it really matters. The last time I went shopping with a purpose was to buy the dragon belt buckle for Jesse for Christmas. So yeah, I’m not feeling the urge to shop.
Maddie’s phone buzzes, and her eyebrows rise. “It’s Jesse. He wants to talk to the two of us. He and Rory both.”
My heart races just at Jesse’s name.
But I draw in a deep breath, try to relax it back into a normal rhythm. Jesse’s not mine. I can’t let him be distracted by me anymore.
“Okay,” I say, willing my voice not to shake.
“Oh my God.” Maddie beams. “They want us to go to Jett Draconis’s suite.”
I say nothing. I have no words.
Maddie taps on her phone. “I’m telling them we’ll be right there. Do you know where Donny and Callie are?”
“I don’t. Probably in their room.”
“All right. We didn’t make any plans with them today anyway. Let’s just go to Jett’s suite, I guess.”
I take a quick look in the mirror. It doesn’t really matter what I look like. Jesse and I are over. I’ll never be able to forgive myself for taking him away from Dragon last night.
I look fine. My hair is in a ponytail, and I’m wearing regular old jeans, a hoodie, and my walking sneakers. I don’t have any makeup on except for a little bit of lip tint.
