“Are you telling me that you knew about this? That all this time, you knew that this was actually possible, and you never told Lucy? That Mimi knew? You both could have stopped this!” His arm rears back and his voice grows to a roar, but Emma steps forward and hooks his elbow.

I stand my ground. I deserve whatever he has to give, because I know now that I was wrong. How can I explain that I thought I was protecting her? It sounds so stupid now.

“Emma, tell your dad that Luke and I got in a fight. That Lucy followed to make sure he was okay. Tomorrow we’ll say that they spent the night at Pearl’s and that they decided to drive Kyle’s car home. Luke broke his phone in the fight. Tell your dad that Luke will call soon.”

Emma has...

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