Helanie:
"Why the heck did you go meet him in the woods?" Norman was grumbling, and although I could tell he wanted to yell at me, he was keeping his voice down for privacy. He had asked his own men to stand outside my room to make sure nobody got onto the floor. Even those with rooms there had been told to go take classes.
Emmet had put Kaye and Max in charge of senior and junior classes to keep them busy and away from this matter.
"He was—blackmailing me," I muttered, my throat scratchy from crying so much.
"For what?" Norman yelled, quickly walking toward Lamar's bed, where I was sitting.
"Norman!" Emmet rushed between us to block me from Norman's gaze and gently patted his brother's shoulder.
"Let me talk to her. This is important. I need to know everything to be able to defend Lamar."
Norman was right—I had to come clean with him. Emmet slowly stepped aside after hearing Norman's reason for wanting the truth.
