The second Silas spoke, every pair of eyes in the lobby snapped to me, stunned. The assistant manager, who had already been mentally saying goodbye to his job, and the rest of the hotel staff all stared at me like I was their last shot at salvation. But the very next second, they got slapped hard with a brutal reality check.
In the blink of an eye, the guilt and tension drained from Silas's face, replaced by anger. Chloe immediately burst into dramatic sobs. "Silas, Rory has been beaten to a pulp. Aren't you going to stand up for us?" she cried.
He tightened the arm he had wrapped around Chloe in a soft, soothing hold. Then he turned his icy glare on me. "Ivy? What on earth did you do to turn everything into this mess? Rory is just a kid. Can't we sort any problems out at home?" he deman
