CHAPTER 8
On Friday, Emilia used the excuse of Seb’s assignment deadline to avoid hitching a ride with him to University. Today, she needed her own transport and she couldn’t tell him why. At least not yet.
In between attending her morning lectures, she submitted her assignments with a mixture of trepidation and alacrity. The weight lifting off her shoulders was immense and it wasn’t only her that felt that way. As she jogged back to her car, she passed multiple students smiling and laughing while they lounged around the quad, relaxation settling in now that the immediate pressure had eased. She waved and called out greetings to several she knew, but didn’t’ stop.
Making a quick detour home to check on the progress of the workmen she’d hired, she headed into town to pick up the nec
