Ivy’s POV
At the meeting we quickly sign the papers. I need Theodore gone. What happened in the garden is still reverberating in my body. I ache for him. I need to be away from him, far away.
I say little in the meeting and am happy when he’s quickly in his car and gone.
“Finally!” Ryder says. “We can leave in the morning.”
“Yes...we can leave in the morning….” My mind is elsewhere. Leaving means what I said: I will never see Theodore again. How will I manage that? How will I survive?
I go in the house. I need some whiskey to calm my nerves. Everyone has gone off to bed and I sit and drink trying to sort my mind. I’m free! Why don’t I feel free? I feel trapped. Trapped in my need. Trapped in my lies.
I go out to the car and get in. A security guard comes to me. “Princess, where are y
