Chapter Eighteen

Maddox

“I thought you said they were fine,” Ivy yelled when we came through the door.

“It’s only a graze.”

“Are you sure? There is a lot of blood?”

“I’m sure. It’s not even bleeding anymore.”

I couldn’t help the smile that formed on my face. She cares about me, and it’s more than I expected from her.

“Do you have a first aid kit?” She asked Collin.

“Lacy went to get it. How did everything go?”

I looked at Maverick before answering Collin. “Not good. Our father didn’t take the threat lightly. He was ready to stop us with force. He doesn’t see us as a threat. If he continues to underestimate us, we can use it to our advantage.”

I didn’t have to ask Ivy to help me. She grabbed the first aid kit when Lacy came back down from it.

“Is this the girl?” My mother asked.

“Ivy, this is our mother, Charlotte. Mother, this is our girlfriend, Ivy.”

Ivy’s face flushed at the mention of being our girlfriend and stopped what she was doing to greet my mother.

“It’s nice to meet you, Mrs. Ronan.”

“Pleas