Chapter 35

“Ivory, wake up!”

I must be dreaming. My mother’s voice whispered in my ears. Squeezing my eyes tightly shut, I didn’t want to wake up. Just imagining her warm embrace was so comforting right now. I slept like shit. Tossing and turning because Justina kicks. More than once, I wanted to wrap her in vines to keep her on her side. Jet was a great bed companion. He didn’t kick, snore… loudly or even steal the covers.

“Wakey wakey!”

There it was again. My mother’s voice. My body shook, which caused me to actually wake up. My anger rose a little at the thought of not hearing my mom’s voice this morning. I think Susan invited her, but since I hadn’t had the chance to call her, I wasn’t sure she would be here.

“Ivory Peterson! You get out of this bed right now!”

The light blinded me as I realized I wasn’t dreaming. That was my mom! “MOM?” Sitting up in bed, I had to blink to get used to the light.

“About time sleepy head!” I felt the bed dig as a comforting pair of arms wrapped arou