Clarice POV
I knew I shouldn't turn my phone back on, but I did it anyway. Call after call from Trevor and Loretta flood my phone. At least a hundred messages pleading with me to come home or call them, but that isn't what has tears rolling down my cheeks. Five messages from my mother-in-law and two from my father-in-law asking if I'm alright and begging me to call. Did he tell them what happened? Alexia and Thomas have treated me like their own daughter since the moment I met them.
As if my thoughts conjure them, mom flashes on the screen. I notice Nick out of the corner of my eye standing a few feet from the table. He looks angry but I don't think its directed at me. Just as he slides in across from me, I decide to answer Alexia's call. "Hello," I say, trying to keep the pain from my
