Chapter 5

I blocked David, though I knew he wouldn't let it go.

Guys like that only got more shameless once the masks came off.

Sure enough, less than half an hour later, an unknown number called.

I didn't answer.

Then my dad's name lit up my screen, and my heart clenched.

My parents had been pulled into this after all.

I took a deep breath and answered. "Hi, Dad," I said, my voice coming out hoarse.

"Emily," my dad, William Carter, said. His voice was steady, but I could hear tension underneath. "Where are you?" he asked.

He didn't ask what…