Chapter 81

Ivy

I woke up with a smile on my face. The me from hours earlier, would have slapped it off my face and told myself to stop being sappy, but I couldn't for the life of me. It wasn't until I started stretching, that I realized Max was gone. I listen to see if I can find out where he is. Shower? No water running, but I can hear voices outside the bedroom and I know one of them is my fathers. I decide I am done resting. Hopefully they have some information so I can go take care of this problem.

I open the door, and everyone stops talking. Gia and Nico are sitting on the loveseat together, mom is on the couch looking like she is more worried than she was when she had come to check on me, my uncle Dom is in the corner of the room, leaning against the wall looking every bit the scary man that he is when someone messes with his family. My father is of course standing in the center of everything. He appears that he was in the middle of giving orders, but I can