ASHLEY

I got to the palace and realized Carson and Axel were not around. I met Brody sitting outside the balcony. He had a pack of cards stacked in front of him while he pressed his phone. "Hi, Brody."

"Ashley...why are you angry?" he asked, softly.

"I'm not...I...."

"Don't even lie. I felt a kind of tension from you a while back and I began searching to know what was happening with you."

"Nothing happened."

"Then why were you panicking?" he got up and came to me, "What had you so worked ...