“After the prom and graduation. Supposedly, I’m heading to live in London with dear old dad and enrolling in a pristine college.” His eyes saddened.
I already knew all that. “Joseph filled me in with the rest of the details last night. That’s why he forced me to leave your side. I wanted to be with you so bad.”
John inhaled. This was obviously weighing heavily on him. I wanted to take away that burden.
“This morning I came to pick you up for school. When I called Michael, he said you had taken the school bus.”
I lowered my head.
“I tried to beat you to the stop, but the bus pulled off before I could catch it. You must have seen my car pass the bus.” He watched me with those sparkling green eyes, waiting for some kind of reaction. When he didn’t find what he was looking for, he continu
