EMILY’S POV
“EMILY!”
A voice calling my name caused me to turn around and scan the crowd to see who it was. Just a few feet away from me, I saw Jacob standing among the sea of students. Everyone else was making their way to the gymnasium to watch a cheerleading competition, but I was walking in the opposite direction, toward the exit, because I needed to get home early.
Today was my day off, and I planned to visit Larkin at his home, but my mother called to tell me that I needed to be at our house by seven o'clock in the evening because my grandparents were coming to dinner with us.
Larkin was resting at home after Uncle Arthur gave him a week off. I couldn't avoid Uncle's anger because one of his employees, who happened to be at the Sip and Cheers bar that night and witnessed the al
