CHAPTER 30

Mr. Hollen's eyes widened. 'So we're having a double birthday party?' she asked, turning to her grandson. He held her hand. 'Yes, Nana,' he answered as he looked at me with a sweet smile, the same as his grandma's. 'Why you didn't say anything?' Halley asked me. 'I don't usually look forward to my birthday.' Mr. Hollen's grandmother gasped as if she was suddenly having a heart attack. 'Why dear?' 'It's a sad story, really. I don't want to spoil the mood.' She nodded and respected my wishes of not talking about it at the moment. Halley and I had another glass of wine, then I started feeling dizzy. Oh no, I'm drunk! Emma's POV I was afraid of falling over if I stood up. I was so light-headed and dizzy; but, then, Mr. Hollen asked me to dance. I looked at him, trying to show him that I was now a dizzy light weight, but didn't want to be rude in front of his grandmother. I recalled, looking at her closer, that she was the same woman I'd seen at the park who left the newspaper be