Chapter 1
Emma’s POV
“Bye Mom, bye Dad! Have the best time ever on that cruise, okay? Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine,” I called out, waving harder than I needed to as their car backed down the driveway.
My voice came out a little too bright, like I was trying to convince myself more than them.
The taillights disappeared around the corner and just like that the whole street went quiet except for the crickets starting up.
A whole month. Alone in this big house. My stomach did this weird little flip that wasn’t exactly fear but wasn’t pure excitement either.
I turned to head back inside when I caught him standing there at the fence line between our yards.
Mr. Kane. He should be in his early forties, an ex-military, built like he could still bench-press a truck without breaking
