Ivy rests her head on her car's wheel.A feeling of fear and doubt clouding her reasoning.She had been on top of the world when Richard proposed to her, so happy and had felt it was right and felt completely and utterly fulfilled.Now, she's going it again. She feels fine with Ashton, like she's getting the cream of the crop, like he's very right for her and that she'll feel fulfilled but the same feelings are the same ones she felt when she was getting married to Richard as well.It's like deja vu to an extent.She sighs, again and again, wondering to do.Should she call off the wedding?Should she just run away and come back when the scandal would have been forgotten?Should she...Her train of thoughts is interrupted by a knock on her car's glass.Startled, she looks up, right into Ashton's eyes."What..." She starts as she wounds down the window of the car. "What are you doing here? You should be in your office.""I can't concentrate anyway. Wanna go out and grab a cup of tea wit
The waiter nods and leaves."You were staring." Ivy comments."Was I? I didn't notice until now but you have this aura around you."What aura?""I would rather keep it to myself for now. As I was saying, I and Richard are different. I would never, never treat you the way he did, which of course, he's still going to pay for." His eyes stray down slowly to her hand where the burn has faded but it's still a little splotchy around where the burn once was."I know. But... I can't help but feel scared. The same way I feel around you now is the same way I felt around Richard when we got married. It felt so right...""No, that marriage was never right. Your family wasn't involved nor invited and neither was ours." Ashton states plainly. Ivy looks down, realizing he is right. How did she miss all those red flags? He always had an excuse, an answer for every question, every probe, which means that Richard had always thought of them before she even asked.Ashton watches her, noticing the confli
Richard exits his car and enters his house before crumbling down on the couch, exhausted and frustrated at how short and terrible the day went.His hand suddenly fly to his nose. "What's that terrible smell?" He gets up from the chair and walks around, trying to sniff out where the smell is coming from. "Gosh, this is so bad. What is this?!" He grumbles to himself, dropping his hands and taking all the smell in after getting tired of breathing with his mouth.He suddenly stops short, his eyes widening in fear. "What the fuck is that?!" He asks no one in particular as his hands fly to his nose once again. He uses a stick to pry open the black trash bag. As soon as it opens, the contents spill out in massive numbers.Richard jumps back, screaming and flinging the rod away from him. "ANTS! ANTS! HELP ME!" He screams repeatedly as he runs into his room and slams the door behind him.Out of the trash bag, thousand and thousands of small sugar ants and different kinds of ants spill out of t
Early the next morning, the first call Ivy receives is from Judith."Hello?""Good morning dear, I hope you don't mind that I'm calling so early.""Not at all ma'am.""Oh, you don't need to be so formal with me. You can call me Judith. I have a few things to discuss with you, about the wedding and some other things. Would you mind coming over today?""Of course not ma... Judith. I don't mind coming over. What time should I be there?""I'm at home all day so I don't mind anytime. Just let it still be daytime." Judith jokes and Ivy laughs."Of course. I'll be there today, in the daytime." She emphasizes, making Judith chuckle."Have a great day darling.""You too Judith, at least before I get there."Judith bursts into laughter over the phone. "I guess I should be dreading your visit now right?" She retorts as she hangs up.Ivy rolls over, fully awake.Grant knocks her door on the outside. "Come in."Grant opens the door and shakes his head. "Ever the clean woman right? How is there no
Her first time entering the place, she's wowed as she looks around, hoping to see everything at the same time."Ma'am, it's pretty much your place already. Don't break your neck, if you need a tour, just let me know, you will be my madam soon enough."Ivy smiles politely. "I'll hold you up to that... Miss?""Oh, pardon me. My name is Yen." She smiles politely, bowing slightly."Yen? Like the currency?" Ivy asks to affirm, a small smile growing on her face."Yes, like the currency ma'am. I don't know what my parents were thinking naming me that."Ivy bursts into laughter. "Ask mine too who named me Ivy, like the poisonous vine. We should be so offended but here we are laughing about it." Ivy manages to say, laughing without restraints.Yen laughs as well, liking Ivy already. "Anyway, we'll soon get to the Madam's room now.""Okay, thanks.""You're welcome ma'am. Here it is..." Yen points and opens the door for her to enter. Ivy nods to Yen as she closes the door gently behind her, lea
"Aha!" Judith exclaims suddenly, seeing what she has been searching for right above her head. "Here it is." She pulls down the small peach coloured box above the shelf and smiles.Ivy watches her curiously, she had been looking for that hours on end while keeping her in conversation, asking about her parents, educational background, life's dreams and wishes and all those unimportant things just to keep Ivy from becoming bored or sleeping off, although Ivy wouldn't have slept off even if the place was silent.Judith opens the box and brings out the one dress that's neatly folded inside the box.Ivy's eyes light up. "Wow.""Right? I love this dress so much but I couldn't wear it on my own wedding..." Judith leans in and whispers "I ended up eating too much the night before due to wedding jitters so it didn't fit the the next day. You can have it."Ivy bursts into laughter, and then stops."But it's white..." Ivy mentions, running her hand on the neckline of the fabric."And you've marri
Ivy pays the taxi driver as she exits the car.She had come to the town along with Grant so she didn't have a her own car with her.She had called Richard earlier when she was leaving the Wrights home and now she's here.Standing outside for a couple of minutes, looking on the exterior of the home she had lived for three years. The house in itself was the only solace she had to herself whenever Richard went out to work or to any other place that didn't require her tagging along with him.She stands by the door and knocks.No response.She knocks again but there's still no response on the inside. She tries the door handle and the door opens.That's weird.What if something happened... She enters the house and looks around and seeing nothing out of the ordinary. She closes the door gently behind her."Richard?!" She calls out and still there's no response from him.She drops her bag and the small box on the couch and walks past the couch into the dining room.Richard isn't there, and ne
"He's banging the door very hard on the outside sir, no one is responding although I can see two silhouettes inside the house in the living room. One's obviously a woman with her long hair and the other is a man." A man across the street in a small mini cooper reports on the phone while watching the incident in the house ahead with a binocular held firmly in his hands.Outside, Ashton suddenly grabs the flower pot and slams on the door's handle, hard. On the second hit, both the flower pot and the door handle come apart.He pushes open the door and rushes inside."I can't see them anymore but Mr Ashton has gone inside..."Inside the house, Ashton opens the door to see a half naked Richard trying to force open Ivy's Jean trouser's zip while she's fighting back, hitting him with the handbag in her hand snf trying to push his straying hands away."Come on, don't be so shy. Didn't you always want this?" Richard laughs drily, only having eyes for what he's after. Seeing red at that moment