Total pages in book: 75
Estimated words: 75240 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 376(@200wpm)___ 301(@250wpm)___ 251(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 75240 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 376(@200wpm)___ 301(@250wpm)___ 251(@300wpm)
Most of the grades were mediocre, making me wonder if they even looked at the study guide.
Funny enough, Jade’s test, as well as Alicia’s, and the other girl they split the study guide with, Tamara, were all fucking one hundreds.
There was no way.
None.
How fucking convenient that all three got the same grade.
What’d they do, blow the head of the nursing department to get the test?
It was the same test at all three campuses, and I wasn’t allowed to make it myself. So it was possible that she got the test ahead of time.
I’d wanted the chance to make my own test, but since I was so fucking busy, I didn’t fight it. I mean, they all used it. It should be fine, correct?
Wrong.
And the more I looked at their three tests, the angrier I became.
When I moved on to the other tests, my anger remained.
Then I got to Angie’s test and my eyes bulged.
She not only didn’t answer any of the questions, she wrote all over the freakin’ Scantron as if this test wasn’t the second most important test she would ever take in her nursing career.
The words were written all over the Scantron, across the answer bubbles, and continued to the essay portion of the test on the back.
My heart beat hard in my chest as I started to read.
I love you. I love you. I love you.
I can’t say it enough that I love you. I love you more and more every day. I miss you when you’re not there. I miss you when you’re in the other freakin’ room.
This morning was the second worst morning of my entire life. You leaving without a backwards glance was enough to pull my heart out of my chest.
I never ever want to experience that again.
I want to wake up beside you.
I want you to crawl into my bed on the mornings you get home, and warm your body up with mine.
I want to have more babies with you.
I want to have you at my side, forever and always.
Sorry doesn’t even begin to be enough to apologize for what I did to you. You never deserved to hear those words come out of my mouth. You’re a wonderful man who I would be proud to count on as Elise’s father…if you’ll have us.
When my father left, it was debilitating.
When you left…let’s just say if I didn’t have Elise, I would be doing just about anything right now to take you off my mind.
Please forgive me.
Please give me you back.
I love you.
I love you so much that I know you’ll forgive me.
That’s why I did this.
Why I purposefully failed this test.
You mean so much more to me than my career. Hell, if I could do anything to show you just how much I cared I’d do it. For you.
Please don’t be mad at me anymore.
I would not fail her.
That was what she was wanting me to do, I knew.
Which I wouldn’t do. Not ever.
I’d accept her apology, though.
With an idea in my brain, I walked swiftly to the door, stopped by the shredder to shred the tests, and headed to my classroom and shut the door with a loud bang.
“The tests were…interesting,” I said to the class as I walked into the room. “But I expected better from you all.”
Groans filled the room around me, and Jade looked at Alicia, then back to her friend Tamara who sat directly behind them.
“I’m sorry to say that some of you didn’t take the study guide seriously. When I said to do it, I expected each and every one of you to do it without complaint. I gave you a week to do it. I told you over and over again to do it. And I’m sorry to say that those of you that didn’t, will now receive a zero on their final exam. Those of you who shared your answers…” I looked directly at Jade, Alicia and Tamara. “Well, you will share the grade that you received. Since essentially the same answers were turned in, I’ll count the grade it received once and split it equally between you.”
Hisses filled the room.
The smile on my face never waned.
“Those of you who took the study guide seriously, you passed. Those who didn’t…well. I hope you were paying attention to the rest of the year and your grades are okay.” I crossed my arms. “Class dismissed.”
When everyone was gone and it was just Angie and I remaining, I grinned.
“Please close the door.”
Her eyes widened, but she did as she was told and closed the door.
I moved until I was directly behind her.
“I love you too, you know.”
Her breath left her in a whoosh.
“Love you more than racing.” I placed a kiss against her neck.
“Love you more than my job.”
Another kiss.
“Love waking up to you.”
Kiss.
“Love your daughter.”
I dragged my lips along the back of her neck.