Author POV,

When James looked at Emma, he immediately realized that the fight was happening because Emma could not believe Carol's words...

Or even telling Carol about James so Emma really did not believe her at all....

And then when Emma saw that blurry photo in that too old newspaper, she got even more angry at Carol that she could not stand it......But she had to control her anger at that time because none other than her childhood friend was sitting in front of her....

And That's why, Emma did not want to do anything wrong even though she did not want to even say anything wrong to him....

Because...