Chapter 24

Emmitt rested his hands on the tabletop, peering at Summer as the corners of her lips curved into a bittersweet smile. “I guess you could say that.”

Spotting his expression, Summer’s face softened with concern. “Haven’t settled on a school yet? If that’s the case, I’ll just give my dad a call right now…” She reached into her purse and pulled out her cell phone.

“No need for calls,” Emmitt interjected, “it’s not that we haven’t chosen a school.”

Summer’s hand, poised to dial paused mid–air as she looked at him, puzzled.

After a slight tug at the corner of his lips and a two–second silence, Emmitt revealed, “She’s already picked her school. It’s Parkside High School,”

moment for it to sink in, then with a voice tinged with incredulity and something else, she laughed, “Emmitt, are you talking

he spoke up. *She’ll be registering at the school tomorrow. Actually, the reason I asked you out so late is to see if you could keep an eye on her

not Parkside High material. I have no clue how she got her hands on that transfer acceptance letter from Parkside

Mirabella, she was family,

looked back at Emmitt with a sweet smile. “Don’t worry,

girl, and looking at her now, he couldn’t help but feel a twinge of regret.

just mentioned you’re unsure where Mira’s transfer letter came from?” Summer quickly resumed her questioning with

and Dad are clueless

put on an uncertain expression. “You know, I vaguely remember last month. I think I

as the date on his sister’s admission letter? But then it struck him–Mirabella hadn’t been raised in the Gilbert family. She’d been left to grow up in a distant town with her grandmother. Considering

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