Emily gave Theo a light nudge, guessing that when he’d asked her what was wrong just now, his voice had been picked up over the phone—and that’s why Amelia had snapped and told her not to speak up.
She knew Amelia was a full-blown psycho. Especially now—traveling all that way just to find Ruth? That meant Amelia wanted something, and she wasn’t going to back off until she got it.
When Theo asked her again what was going on, Emily forced herself to act normal. “Nothing, really. Grandma suddenly said she was craving mangoes. Asked me to order the kind we got her last time.”
He scanned her face like he was trying to read her mind, then said, “Alright. I’ll leave you two to chat. I gotta get back to the office, big meeting coming up.”
Watching him walk away, Emily felt the tiniest bit of r
