Chapter Ninety Seven ~ Diane

Emily

“I swear I was about to declare you missing!” I glare at Nina who looks at me with puppy eyes while she holds Liam’s cake in her hands.

Lily moves closer concern laced in her voice, “Seriously, we were so worried why didn’t you call us?” She pins us all to the spot. Lily is the bubbly one among us and is rarely upset if anything, today is the first time we have seen her lose it, and rightfully so.

“It’s my fault, I should have called you when I found her on my way to D.C yesterday. I guess we got carried away.” Theo says reluctantly which earns him a deadly glare from his sister but he just flips her a tongue out like a six-year-old making me smile.

“D.C? Nina?” my gaze shifting to her worriedly. “Did something happen?” I ask but she places the cake down and sighs.

“No, My GPS Misled me and my phone died. It started raining and my car wouldn’t start luckily, Theo was using the same road.” She explains but we all just look at her while nodding slowly as we wonder what the o