My Cheating Mate Emma pov My phone buzzed for the fifteenth time today. Dad's name flashed across the screen, and I felt my chest constrict with guilt and grief. I couldn't answer. Not yet. Not when I was barely holding myself together. I was holed up in a cheap motel three states away from Crescent Moon territory, paying cash so there'd be no trail. The room smelled like stale cigarette smoke and cleaning chemicals, and the mattress had a suspicious stain I tried not to think about. But it was anonymous, and right now, anonymity was all I needed. The phone stopped buzzing. Seconds later, a voicemail notification appeared. I didn't listen to it. I couldn't. I'd already heard the previous fourteen—each one growing more desperate, more worried, more dad-like. "Emma, sweetheart, please call me back." "Baby girl, I need to know you're safe." "Emma, whatever's wrong, we can fix it. Just come home." Home. The word felt foreign now, like it belonged to a different person, a differen
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