One hundred and one

MIA POV

It was dining time, and my mind was definitely not there. All I thought about was Emma. How many people have she told about this secret of mine? If she held it over m head this way, surely she must have told some other persons. I honestly won’t put it past her. Emma was something else now that she had stopped being my friend, and I was afraid to find out exactly how much power she held above me.

Sighing, I picked around my food, seeming to not find the appetite. How would one eat when their whole life was hanging in balance and could be discovered?

“Mia!”

I looked at Rhys dully. He’d been calling my name for a while now. “What is it?” I asked.

“Are you okay/’ he counter asked. “I’ve been calling you and you didn’t answer. You’re absent.”

I picked around my food again. “I’m fine. just a bit stressed.”

“Do you want to tell me what the problem is? You’re not eating and I’m concerned,” Rhys said.

I watched him for a while, almost going absent. If not for the twitch in his eye, I d