Chapter 117

“The car has arrived you can get in now” then he hesitated and asked” can I give you one last hug? “She was still undecided when he grabbed her and embraced her tightly on his chest. He was breathing heavily as he muttered” Goodbye Emily, I apologize for hurting you okay” then he smelled her hair and continued holding on to her.

Emily felt uncomfortable, what if someone who knows her come by and recognizes her being embraced that closely with someone else. But she owed him for the closure and Richard didn’t need to know, it was a price that she was going to pay for him to get off her back.

“Good bye Toby” she stated and Toby let go of her as she climbed the taxi and went back home.

When she reached the entrance to the house she was stunned, nobody told her that there was going to be a party in the house. She could hear several voice, she recognized most of them but the surprise of the day was none other than Emma.

She was seated on the same table with Ben and Shane drinking and laughi