Chapter 48: "You Think This Is Pretend?"

"Emilia," Luca says, "I've been calling you all night."

I glance around. My fellow passengers - who'd all seemed happy enough to ignore the girl on the floor with the giant cheeseburger - are starting to notice that the one and only Luca Fontaine is standing in front of them. A couple of them pull out their cell phones as I scramble to my feet.

"I have to go to Atlanta," I tell him. "I have to figure out what's going on with Javy."

He's still frowning. "You should have told me you were going."

"You should have told me you were going when you left me alone in your trailer." It's such a stupid, petty thing to bring up now, but my only defense is deflection.

Luca's gaze burns into me. He's not about to let me turn this back around on him.

"Why didn't you tell me?" he demands.

I want to run, but his eyes pin me in place. "I thought you might try to stop me. And anyway, this doesn't concern you. He's my brother, which means it's on me to fix this."