Emily’s POV
“Wait, what?” he yelled. “Are you crazy?”
I froze. Uh? He had never spoken to me like this before. I was caught completely off guard.
“No… wait… baby, I’m sorry, I just—I can’t lose you, babe.” His voice softened again, desperation bleeding through. “What about me? Your father would kill me if he found out you ran away with me.”
“But I’m set to wed in the coming week,” I shot back. “Is that okay with you, or don’t you understand? I can’t change his mind, but what I can do is change my situation.”
He sighed heavily. “Okay… if we were to do this. Big If.”
“Where do we go? How do we survive? I don’t…I can’t support you, baby. You know that. You’ve always been the one supporting me. You know my situation… I can’t even get a job. I don’t have the money.”
“That won’t be a prob
