Chapter 18 Jasmine's POV Looking away from my phone after I read the message, I saw that Hardin's glare was on me, his expression tortured as if he was expecting me to defend myself or argue with his horrid accusations. He looked like he had been expecting a verbal response from me after he had all but called me and my mother names and informed us that he had reported to his aunt. Well, I guessed he really hated us that much and before today, I knew that I would have responded immediately, but now that I felt some sort of empathy towards what he might be going through and the changes that he had no choice but to accept immediately, my desire to argue with him had waned considerably. My phone buzzed again and when I saw that it was my mother, I picked it up and answered, still keeping