“Emily? With Troy?” Aaron said, surprised.
I pulled away instantly. He looked down at me and I felt vulnerable. He knew it was his fault somehow, but he didn’t for the life of him know what he’d done.
Emily came right up to Aaron and hugged him. “Hi, Ronnie. How are you holding up, cousin? I heard about Ethan and your parents—”
“And my crown,” I spat out.
Troy looked between Emily and I and gave me an apologetic look. He didn’t know that despite being cousins, we weren’t friendly.
“That too,” Emily acknowledged. “For whatever it’s worth, I really am sorry. That’s really all I’m here to say.”
I looked at Emily still holding onto Aaron and he went right back to being unsafe, right back to being the man who left me and would do it again. Aaron followed my gaze to Emily, and he took
