The day went in a blur and I was back home. Stepping up to the front porch, I heard noises from the sitting room. Like hushed voices and for a moment, I got intensely excited over the idea that it could be Max.
Maybe he'd returned.
My steps hurried at the thought and I rushed inside. Everyone seated in the sitting room shot me a look at my noisy entry. Everyone that didn't include the one person I was yearning to see.
Disappointment latched onto my frail heart as I took in the faces of everyone seated. Alpha Vicenzo. Mum. Rex. Kelvin. And…Principal Jake?
What's he doing here?
It kinda struck me that they might have summoned him over my cheating saga. Feeling like a lamb getting slaughtered, I felt the need to leave.
“Good afternoon.” I bowed, and turned sharply, running up the s
