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Chapter 75
JASMINE
"What's going on?" he looked at me.
"Can we just park somewhere and talk?" I asked.
"Okay, let me just drive further down where there aren't any houses around." He put his car into drive and drove ahead until he reached a forested area and pulled over. Then he turned to look at me, taking my hand. "Jasmine, what happened?"
"My parents know."
"You told them?"
"No."
"How did they find out?"
"Because Lucy has made it completely obvious. My mom's basically president of the pack rumor mill. She got texts from all her busybody friends at work today. So, I basically got ambushed as soon as my parents got home."
"How did they take it?" He took my other hand in his so he was holding both my hands now, looking intently into my eyes.
"How do you think they took it? Not well at all."
"What did they say?"
"I don't know. It was weird. My mom told my dad she would call her brother and nephe
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