Chapter 30Emery
Was something wrong? What wasn’t wrong?
Emery’s eyes burned and her head throbbed. She’d hardly slept at all last night as she’d clutched the side of the mattress in an attempt to avoid any possible physical contact with Lina. It hadn’t been easy, either. Lina seemed determined to cuddle up to her in her sleep. How easy it would have been to wrap her arm around her, to give in to the overwhelming desire to feel her softness, her warmth, to—
No!
Madness! It was all madness! Her dad was right, and he didn’t know the half of what Emery was doing, dreaming, feeling. This whole thing was crazy. What had happened to Emery’s usual good judgment? To being in control of her life?
How did she end up in the home of a woman she’d been trying to avoid? Mandy had come on to her over
