The Broken Pieces novel Chapter 9

I quickly excused myself from the lady and began to walk towards the brides.

Just as I walked, a hand appeared in my shoulder.

I swiftly turned around and saw Cameron.

Sweat dripped from her brows as she heavily huffed like she just finished running a mile.

"C-Cameron?!"

Her eyes held something in them, I couldn't figure out what it was because just when I said her name, she grabbed onto my wrist and began to pull me away from the wedding reception.

"Cameron? Cameron, what going on?" I whispered over to her, trying not to cause a scene.

Cameron drags me all the way to a couple trees not far from the cite as I call her name, trying to get her to listen to me.

"Cameron! Cameron!" I called out to her again as she continued to drag me away, mutter incoherent words under her breath. "Cameron!" I yelled at her, pulling my wrist out of her hand and stepping back.

That seemed to break her out of her trance.

That's when her eyes widen in fear, she quickly grabs onto my hand again and starts to yank be but I stand my ground.

"Cameron, what are you doing?"

"I have to get you out of here, Emmie." She yanks again. "You have to leave right now."

Her voice cracks and a small part of my heart aches but I won't give up without a fight.

"W-What? Why? Why do I have to leave." I ask her frantically.

She shakes her head. "Emmie you have to leave! Now! You have to leave!" She stops yanking and shouts at me.

"Why? Why must I leave, this is my job! I can't leave work!" I shout back.

"No, you gotta go Emily, he's coming. I tried to stop him-" She starts to but I quickly cut her off, yanking my hand out of her tight grip.

"He? Who's he? Who's coming?" I yell at her before taking another step back and bumping into something hard.

Hands appear on my shoulders and a shock of electricity runs through my body, causing me to shiver.

A dark, husky voice soon joins the conversation saying one word that completely crushes me.

"Me."

I don't even have to think because I already know who's behind me when Cameron sneers.

"Parker..."

My body stiffens.

Oh my God.

Emily Rose

I couldn't move.

His face was marked with concern as he stared at me.

What does he have to be worried about? He's not the one who feels sick.

Cameron stood next to him. Her twisted a curl between her fingers as her mouth gasped open. Fear inched her face.

I cleared my throat and grabbed onto the mic in front of me.

"Hello everyone." My voice shook and I tried to gain control by gripping onto shaft of the microphone holder.

I took a deep breath. "So I would like to say congratulations to our couple." I gestured towards Kelly and Barbara, who sat in the front, with a wave of my hand.

I tried to look at the couple who smiled and waved at the people clapping for them, but my eyes kept on snapping towards Cameron and my old best friend in the back, who slowly clapped his hands for the couple.

I almost felt sick.

Keep it together, keep it together.

Once everyone stopped clapping, I continued. "When they first came into my office, I could instantly see the chemistry between them." I said as I stared at Parker.

Why is he here?

Where was he?

I quickly blinked away the oncoming tears and continued my speech. "It's great to see so much love in a room." My eyes began to burn from unshed tears.