Chapter 101: Hope You’re Right

Payton had tried to warn them that they might be walking into a hornet's nest, and she wasn't lying. For the past half hour Emma looked like she was going to be sick, Josh had been short with both Bryce and Jax, and Addison had been trying to play peacemaker the whole time. There had been times in their lives when things had been tense, but it'd never been this bad.

At first glance, you wouldn't know much, if anything, was wrong with Jax. The cast he had when he came home a month ago was gone, while he had to still be in pain, he kept a straight face except for a wince here and there. No, he kept everything pretty much under wraps. The longer they spent around him, though, the more things unraveled. Jax was turning into a real prick, and if he did that on a regular basis, Bryce felt bad for Emma.