28 Emmelyn's POV Bitter Twist "Maybe he's just running late," Violet said, as if she could read my mind. "When dad said he wanted to see Jaxon off last night, I should have known he was going to say something to scare him off," I said, my brows creased with worry. "Don't worry, Em. I'm sure it's nothing serious. Maybe he'll turn up later," Violet assured me and I nodded. But he didn't. He didn't show up to school at all and I was really worried. I went to all my classes, while keeping an eye to see if he was going to come to school but I never saw him anywhere. "Now I'm really worried. What could my dad have said to him to make him this scared that he had to miss school?" I said, not bothering to hide my worries. "At this point, I don't know what to say either. I guess your fa

