chapter thirty-eight

Emily Parker POV

"How is this possible? This girl looks so much like my mom..." Tyler whispered softly in my ear, so only I could hear.

"Okay, guys, I'm getting scared with all of you staring at me like this," the girl said, still outside the house.

"Who are you?" Tyler asked, stepping in front of me and gesturing for me to move away.

"I'm Jade, Emma's granddaughter," she replied. As soon as she answered, I connected the dots; the girl had some features of Justin and could definitely be Johanna's daughter.

"Did she send you here?" he asked, still not letting her in.

"Not literally, but she told me she worked in Tyler Mitchell's house, and if something went wrong, I should come look for her," she said, shrugging.

"How did you know I live here?"

"I know what you guys do, and let's say, asking the right people made it easy to find."

"Is there a problem here, Tyler?" Justin said, entering the room.

"We're about to find out," Tyler said, pulling the girl inside.

"Are you crazy, man? Is thi