Chapter Nine
Tyrell
Climbing into one of the estate’s trucks, Ella and I set out to meet Hilda. I hadn’t been so excited about anything in a long time. Part of it was getting some information on my family. The other part was spending time with Ella. And she wasn’t being snippy with me, either. She was actually being nice for a change.
“So, who’d you meet at the bar, Tyrell?” she asked as we made our way into town.
I turned off the county road to head to the main street. “It would be a lie to say I remember anyone’s name. I don’t know why I drank so much.” I did know why; I was trying to get Ella off my mind! And I did for a while. But then I came home and dreamt about her.
“That’s not a very nice place to hang out,” she said, then pointed up ahead. “Take a left there.”
“It’s a little
