Chapter 20

Emma’s POV

“What’s going on, Brian? Why are you here?” I asked, staring at him.

“Where did you go when the search was being carried out?” he asked.

“I went for a walk, I told you, right?” I repeated.

“Are you sure that you truly went for a walk? Andrew said he saw you getting into a car?”

“Oh, that! That was my friend’s car. I had felt so locked up, so I called her to come take me out,” I lied.

“I really hope that you aren’t lying, Dora, cause I won’t ever forgive you if I find out that you have been lying to me,” he said and left the room.

For a while I thought about what he said and crouched on the floor feeling so down and sad.

Once he finds out that I have been lying to him, he won’t ever forgive me!

No matter what I can’t tell him, in a few days’ time, I will be leaving and he won’t be seeing