Chapter 21: Curious Cat
I pause. "Are you being serious right now?"
"Emma"
"Give me a reason why I should and don’t tell me it’s because they are full of themselves or family whatever..."
She bit her lips. "It’s complicated"
I moved away from her. "You’re the one who told me to have friends Vanessa, I’m sure my mom will be very happy that I do, but why can’t you?"
"The Devereaux’s not a family you should mix up with, trust me" her tone was stern.
"You’re not my mom" I rushed upstairs before she could say more. I was already angry and frustrated because it felt like she was keeping something from me and it was centered around the Devereaux family.
I sat on my bed throwing my bag to the floor. I hated it when I didn’t understand anything and was kept in the dark, I mean Dace seemed nice although I can’t understand his actions sometimes, which was normal for any guy right? And his mom was nice, nice enough to volunteer as a school nurse, what did she see about them that I didn’t?
The look she had when she spoke of the Devereaux was kind of identical to the one Owen had when he stared at Dace. ’Dislike’