Lucas drove and said nothing, which was what he usually did, and I sat in the passenger seat watching the city go past the window and thinking about how long I could reasonably keep avoiding Emily's calls before she physically appeared in Aldenvale.
The answer, it turned out, was exactly this long.
My phone lit up on my knee.
I looked at it.
Lucas glanced over. "Are you picking up?"
"Yes," I said. "I will."
I picked up and put it to my ear and immediately regretted it because Emily's voice came out of the speaker at a volume that had nothing to do with whether the speaker was on or not.
"You little b***h—"
I pressed my hand flat over the speaker. My face went hot immediately.
"—how long has it been? How long have you been ignoring my calls and messages? You thought you could just
