Chapter 42: Warm Welcome

While riding inside Kaleb’s Knight XV, Scarlett had been staring blankly at her phone, waiting.

“Kitten?” Kaleb called. “We have to act normal. You are not acting normal right now.”

“They haven’t called,” Scarlett faintly pointed out.

“Exactly the reason, we have to go to my parent’s party, as planned,” Kaleb suggested. "We would be acting suspiciously if we did not."

Scarlett sighed. She softly replied, “The fact that they never bothered to call me meant they did not see me as anyone important -”

“Another reason for you to act like your usual,” Kaleb asserted. He pressed his lips against her ear and suggested, “Your father will be fine. They took the medical flight to Swaxon. Your father will be treated by the best doctors.”

Scarlett and Kaleb agreed that Philip technically followed Aurora out of Braeton City under false pretenses. It was best not to reveal how they were responsible for him being missing. Still, what shocked Scarlett the most was how Cindy and Courtney had no