(Tracey’s POV) I woke up with a start, sitting up quickly in the bed and looking around with confusion as it took me a few minutes for the cobwebs to clear in my mind and reality to sink back in. The room was dark, but there was a sliver of light coming in from the hall. I rose from the bed and padded quietly over to the door, which was still slightly open. I could hear muffled voices coming from downstairs and turned back to get my shoes and things. Twenty minutes later, I was standing in the doorway to the dining room where Emmitt and Lucas were having a very quiet argument. “I’m telling you I won’t lie to her. Period.” Lucas said, making Emmitt push his hand through his hair in annoyance as he snapped back, “She can’t know about this, a*shole. You saw how she was earlier. What do you

