Protect My Heart by Judy Corry

Author:Judy Corry [Corry, Judy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Press
Published: 2018-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

EMMA

IT WAS PRETTY CRAZY, what Arie had told me about his dad. No wonder he was so built. He’d probably needed that extra muscle when defending himself. It was so hard to believe a father could treat his family like that. How did anyone go off and beat up his wife and kids? I couldn’t imagine doing that to someone I hated, let alone the family I was supposed to love and cherish.

I knew he had worried about telling me about his past. That was probably why he’d always gotten a little weird around me when I asked him personal questions. I hoped he would feel comfortable enough to confide in me whenever he needed. I was finally to where I could trust someone again, and I wanted to be trusted as well. That was really the most important thing in any relationship. If you couldn’t be honest with each other about everything, then you were doomed.

The Saturday before the Winter Ball, I went dress shopping with Maya and Kathryn. Kathryn, of course, was going with Conner to the dance, and weirdly enough, Maya had been asked by Derek. Even weirder was she’d said yes. I always thought they hated each other, but apparently, it was one of those love/hate relationships.

It didn’t take long for me to find the perfect dress. It was practically love at first sight. A lavender, floor-length formal with beaded flowers on the bodice and skirt. I loved the lace-up back, which reminded me of the corsets women used to wear long ago.

After we found our dresses, we drove to a costume shop to look for masquerade masks. In the display case was the perfect silver Venetian mask. It had to have been laser cut because it was so intricately designed.

While we shopped, my phone beeped with another text message from a blocked number. It read, “Why would you want to go to the dance with a stalker and a liar?”

My brow furrowed. What the heck? Who was sending me these texts?

“What is it?” Kathryn asked.

“I’ve been getting these weird texts lately,” I said, handing her my phone.

She read the text as Maya came over to see what we were doing.

“What’s up?” Maya asked, slipping between Kathryn and me to look at my phone. Her eyes scanned the message. She turned to me. “Who sent that?”

I shrugged. “I have no idea. This isn’t the first text they’ve sent, either.”

“Someone’s harassing you?” Maya said a little too loudly before realizing she was drawing attention to us. She cleared her throat and spoke in a quieter voice. “Did you tell your parents?”

“No. I figured someone was playing a prank.”

Kathryn shook her head as she handed me back my phone. “It sounds like whoever is sending you these isn’t a big fan of Arie.”

I took my phone from her outstretched hand. “That’s what it sounds like, but Arie isn’t a stalker. Sure we’ve been spending more time together, but it isn’t considered stalking when you want the person to be hanging around you.

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