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He had to fix this Picking up his phone, Aedan noticed that a very long voice recording was still going HeJames to let him know Kate was there Where the hell was Ja and it saved on his phone, and he called Steven
Steven had dropped her off at the hotel already Aedan rang the front desk and asked to be connected to Jess’s room, only to be told that she’d already checked out And just like that, she was gone
Jess was sitting in the airport video chatting with Sa not to have a breakdown She’d picked the first flight that would get her back to DC She had been in the airport for about five hours, but at this point she didn’t care She knew she needed to get out of that hotel Steven dropped her off and she ran up to her roo not unpacked the night before, Jess was able to ht to the airport
“Jess, don’t do this Don’t just leave this way”
“How can I stay? He lied toKate He lied about the tabloid stories He doesn’t think I’h to be able to handle all this crap and you knohat? I don’t think I am either It’s better this way, better for us to end this before it really destroyed me”
“Jess, snap out of it It’s not better this way He loves you And shut up with this weak crap,” Meg fumed “You’ve held up with all this better than a lot of people Did you ? Don’t let being weak,” she threw in air quotes there, “be an excuse You’re not weak, you’re scared, and those are two different things”
“I can’t trust hinant headline was true That’s the point we are at right now”
“But he told you right, he told you because he realized he couldn’t protect you anye way? Oh yes, I can’t even count the ways, but here’s the thing He’s learning too You said it yourself, you’ve never been like this with another guy and it seems like he’s never been this ith another woman You need to resolve this You can’t just run away because you know you’ll think about hi went into serious chastisement mode
“Don’t get on that plane like this Jess,” Sa to appeal to her rational side “If you leave like this you will regret it I’ you that You onder about it for the rest of your life and never forgive yourself for running away from him”
“I can’t handle it I’ to publish that Kate’s pregnant,” tears started up again, strea down her face
“That’s bull and you know it People will find out the truth You’re one of the strongest people we know and you’re pretty kick ass Don’t let old insecurities, a crazy ex, and a fear of having your heartbroken stop you froht now?”
“It feels pretty broken,” she squeaked, as she rubbed her knuckles against the center of her chest
“I know it does But you need talk to hiht came over the loud speaker
“That’s irls, I’ll see you tomorrow after I land and sort myself out,”
“Don’t you dare get on that plane, Jessica Elizabeth Montgo into mother mode