Kiss Me if You Can — Chapter 51

DAMN IT...!

YOU LITTLE BASTARD!!!

WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!

WHY...

...WHY THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THIS?

WHY DO YOU KEEP TRYING TO KILL YOURSELF...?

MR. MILLER, ARE YOU ALRIGHT?! THAT GUNSHOT...

HENRY, OH MY GOD! WERE YOU SHOT?!

...IT ONLY GRAZED ME, IDIOT. STOP FREAKING OUT AND CALL AN AMBULANCE.

CALL THE POLICE TOO. THAT WOMAN BROKE IN AND FIRED A GUN.

JOSH, ARE YOU OKAY?

...I'M FINE.

TELL THE POLICE I'LL GIVE THEM MY STATEMENT ONCE C HAS CALMED DOWN.

AND MAKE SURE MS. VERONICA IS HANDED OVER TO THEM TOO.

...YEAH, GOT IT. SEE YOU LATER.

HENRY, ARE YOU OKAY...?

YOU CAN LOOSEN YOUR GRIP A LITTLE!

LET'S GET YOU TO THE INFIRMARY AND PATCH YOU UP BEFORE THE AMBULANCE GETS HERE.

ALRIGHT, LET'S GO, MS. VERONICA.

...CHASE.

WHY DID YOU DO THAT?

WHY DID YOU TRY TO DIE AGAIN?

...WOULD YOU CRY IF I DIED?

...YEAH.

I'D CRY A LOT.

CHASE...?

JOSHUA...

I LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU, JOSHUA.

SO DON'T GO BACK TO THAT WOMAN.

...THAT WOMAN?

I OVERHEARD YOU TALKING. YOU SAID YOU HAVE A CHILD AND YOU WOULD ONLY BE WITH HIS MOTHER.

SINCE YOU'RE AN OMEGA... SHE MUST BE AN ALPHA, RIGHT? AND YOU MUST HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO THE CHILD...

JOSHUA, CHOOSE ME.

CHOOSE ME INSTEAD OF HER.

PLEASE... I'LL DO ANYTHING.

WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO, I'LL DO IT...

...CHASE.

IS THAT WHY YOU WERE SO ANXIOUS?

BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T TELL WHETHER I TRULY LIKED YOU?

THE OTHERS HAD SAID THAT THE SCENT OF HIS PHEROMONES HAD SEEMED WEAKER LATELY...

SO ALL THIS TIME, HE HAD BEEN SUFFERING BECAUSE HE THOUGHT I WAS ONLY DRAWN TO HIM BECAUSE OF HIS PHEROMONES.

HE THOUGHT THAT I DIDN'T ACTUALLY LIKE HIM

AND ONLY SLEPT WITH HIM BECAUSE OF THEM...

I DIDN'T SLEEP WITH YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR PHEROMONES.

THEN... WHY?

JOSHUA...?

IT WAS YOUR FACE, NOT YOUR PHEROMONES.

I SLEPT WITH YOU BECAUSE I LIKED YOUR FACE.

WELL... NOW YOUR FACE ISN'T THE ONLY REASON.

HA... DAMN IT.

DAMN YOU, JOSHUA BAILEY.

YOU REALLY...

IF I WANT TO PUT AN END TO CHASE'S SUFFERING, THERE'S NO REASON TO KEEP POSTPONING IT.

I'M SORRY I MADE YOU SUFFER.

I'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO MY CHILD.

WHAT...? YOUR CHILD...?

YEAH. MY CHILD.

WHAT IF HE HATES ME?

HAHA, DON'T WORRY. HE'LL LIKE YOU.

BECAUSE I...

JOSHUA...?

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.

TH-THEN...

HOW THE HELL COULD HE SAY HE LOVED ME SO EASILY?

JOSH! THE DOCTOR'S HERE! WE'RE TAKING HIM TO THE TRAILER NOW!

AH, YES! GOT IT.

CHASE, THE DOCTOR'S HERE.

LET'S GO TO THE BEDROOM FIRST.

OKAY...

THE DOCTOR WILL BE SURPRISED IF HE SEES YOU CRYING LIKE THIS.

...SHUT UP.

I'LL STAY UNTIL YOU'VE BEEN EXAMINED, THEN I'LL SWITCH SHIFTS AND COME BACK.

...JOSHUA, WHY DO YOU KEEP KISSING ME?

BECAUSE YOU'RE PRETTY. YOU DON'T LIKE IT?

NO, IT'S NOT THAT...

MR. MILLER! I BROUGHT THE DOCTOR!

WHERE EXACTLY WERE YOU SHOT...?

AH, LAURA. I ALREADY CHECKED HIM.

THANKFULLY, HE WASN'T SHOT.

JUST TO BE SAFE, I'LL EXAMINE HIM FOR FRACTURES AND BRUISING.

...I'M PERFECTLY FINE, SO STOP MAKING SUCH A FUSS.

EVEN SO, YOU SHOULD STILL GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A FULL EXAMINATION...

...LET'S TAKE SOME TIME OFF NEXT WEEK.

AFTER I INTRODUCE PETE AND CHASE,

I'LL TELL HIM EVERYTHING.

BUT...

ONCE HE LEARNS THE TRUTH...

WILL CHASE STILL TELL ME HE LOVES ME?