Chapter 67

A lot of minutes filled with silence passed before I finally said something.

While my mind failed to fully imagine the kind of chaos that could be going on in Janet’s mind, I asked, “Does Dominic know?”

She shook her head and set the plate aside. "Neither does Pops. And we need to let him know before that woman does something rash. But I am a little scared.” Her breath shuddered, her jaws tightened. “I know this will be harder on Pops and Dominic.”

I took steps forward and said, "I'm coming with you."

"No."

"Come on, Janet. Now is not the time to follow wedding norms. This is an emergency, Janet.”

"I just"

I cut in. "I can't sit back and talk about makeup and wedding gowns when something this huge is happening."

Janet sighed and the next thing I knew, she was holding my hand. With that contact, she led me out of the room while others stared at our backs in slight confusion.

As our feet rushed, Janet asked, "How do