-ARIA-
"Emma Dirschl? Is that you?"
My stomach dropped so fast I almost missed a step.
No one here knew that name.
No one was supposed to.
"I'm sorry," I said automatically, forcing a laugh. "You must be confusing me with someone else."
"No, I'm not." His voice didn’t waver. "I'd never forget those blue eyes. Even if you used to wear thick black eyeliner around them. Looks like you ditched the goth phase."
"I'm sorry," I repeated myself, my mind scrambling for an exit. "Who are you?"
"Michael Carnegie. Harry Carnegie's older brother. You dated my brother senior year, remember?"
Hell.
The floor under my feet split open, and I was sucked straight into the inferno.
I dated his dumbass brother for a minute. Harry had a sad excuse for a 2010 grunge band. I saw him playing guitar at a
