The Double ( or More ?) Life of The Fake Heiress

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,”

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

*She’ll be registering at the school tomorrow. Actually, the reason I asked you out so late

paused before adding. “Mira’s been raised in a small, out–of–the–way town and hasn’t seen much of the world. We’re not exactly clear on how her grades are, but they’re definitely not Parkside High material. I have no clue how she got

about Mirabella, she was family, and he intended

took only a second before she looked back at Emmitt with a sweet

he couldn’t help but feel a twinge of regret.

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

Mom and Dad

expression. “You know, I vaguely remember last month. I think I overheard my dad on the phone

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 her rather unprivileged upbringing, would the Gilberts really pull strings to get