Chapter 63

Leo fiddled with the cracked locket on his neck as he recalled the day his father had accused him of illegally transferring money from the company's account. He'd returned home looking for Isla. Someone to talk to. But she hadn't been around. He'd decided to see Isabella instead.

Leo sighed. For the first time, it hit him how he had no real friends in Napa. He disliked the stuck-up kids he'd grown up with. So, he hadn't kept them as friends. Emma had been his only friend. And right now, the only person he could call a friend in Napa was Isla. She understood him more than Isabella did.

Anyway, he was used to the loneliness. After Emma and her family had left, he'd had to go on with his life alone. It was only when he'd moved to Florence that he made friends he really liked–Douglass and Sofia. Yesterday, he'd invited them to Napa for the umpteenth time. And they had finally agreed. Somehow, they had fitted the trio into their sc