Chapter 22

HAVEN I'm ushered into the house when screaming and yelling reach my ears. "No! I won't accept this dad! This is totally out of line. Of all women? What have you done to my father?" For a minute there, I wonder why Ember is yelling at her father in such a disrespectful way until I hear my mother's name. "Laura has nothing to do with my decision." I hurry to the room and scan for my mother but come to a halt when I see her holding hands with Aamon's father. I frown, Ember's words pull me from my shocked state. "Oh great, now the whore who caused all this is here." "Ember!" Mr. Haiden warns. I feel Aamon's presence behind me but I'm still in shock at the confirmation that something definitely is going on between his dad and my mom. "You and your slut of a daughter aren't so different after all! You couldn't help but trap my dad using sex!" In a flash, it happens so fast that it leaves us all stunned. Mr. Haiden slaps Ember across the face. Hard. Silence fills the room. "You will not spea