EMILY
Dinner turned out to be a snoozefest. They were all going on about the trafficking case, especially Antonio de Luca's family, while I sat there quietly munching on my food. I've had enough of this. I just want to move on already. But I can't. I just can't.
He’s still out there somewhere, and who knows? He might bail his son out of jail soon, and then they'll come after us...
Xander, the cops, my family, my friends, the news... Every time they bring it up, it's like a flashback to the punches, the fear of that giant needle, and the pain that ripped away any sense of security I had. It makes me nauseous thinking about that drug coursing through my veins. I still have the damn bruises to prove it...
"You okay?"
Xander's arm around me snaps me back to reality. I blink and notice tha
