Chapter One Hundred Forty Two

Emily.

Everything seemed to crash down with that one question, I could feel my world crumbling after Henry asked that. Did he know? Why was he asking me that? Is he perhaps aware of what I’m doing? Is that why he is getting suspicious? Question upon questions flooded my head but I did not have an answer to any of those questions. Only Henry could answer them.

I stood my ground and made my face neutral even though I had given him a way to doubt me.

“Why are you asking me that Henry?”

He scoffed, “That’s not how you answer a question Emily. You don’t answer a question with another question; I asked you if you had something you are hiding then you give me a simple reply of yes or a no,” he said.

I stared at him warily, Henry definitely knew something. He hadn’t acted this way before and now he was asking these questions all of a sudden.

“I don't have anything to hide,” I said with a more determined look. I wasn't going to make him doubt me anymore because I could see in his eyes th