Chapter 34

“Emily, have you seen Max today?” I ask when I sit down at our usual table for lunch. She has just taken a huge bite of her mac and cheese so she shakes her head ‘no’. When she swallows her food then she speaks.

“Aren’t you in almost every class with him? Wouldn’t you have seen him before I did?” She asks, giving me a look and I narrow my eyes at her.

“Super helpful, Emily,” I roll my eyes and then scan the cafeteria. I don’t see him anywhere and he hasn’t been in any of my classes. I’m not sure what this means, maybe he left because Grandmother pulled him out of school, out of the town. Hopefully, he isn’t in trouble for anything. I start to worry about him, I know I shouldn’t but I still care about him, a lot more than I care to admit.

“I haven’t seen him since after school yesterday,” Elizabeth says and I look over at her.