Lahat ng Kabanata ng Till Divorce Do Us Part: Kabanata 771 - Kabanata 780

ALEXAHis warning made me deeply afraid, but there was only one answer that I could give. My fear was that he might think that I was lying to him.I would never forgive myself if Noelle was hurt because of me.She didn’t deserve to be dragged into this.“Listen, I don’t know where Ivy is. She left on the eve of New Year,” I answered carefully.“Aha...so, you are finally confirming that she was indeed at yours, right?” He asked me icily.“I thought you weren’t doctor Lionel?” I asked suspiciously.The voice was still very different, but Doctor Lionel was the only one who confronted me about Ivy being here. He was the only one who knew her and felt that she wasn’t dead. He was the only one who was convinced that she was here at my house even though I argued otherwise.“How many times do you want me to repeat myself?” He asked me angrily. “You promised not to be stubborn, but you are really pissing me the hell off,” he snapped.“I am sorry,” I hastily apologized.The only reason I was ap

IVYDrew stayed longer than I expected because he did mention that he had something to do and he just came to drop off those things for me.Jack also returned from wherever he had gone, and then he went on to make that liquid he took the day before. Since Drew already brought me some things, he wasn’t worried about what I would eat, and I didn’t bother him much about it.“I never knew you cared this much about me, Jack,” I teased him after we were all done eating and Drew still lingered. “You told Drew to send me some things while pretending like you didn’t care and never wanted me here,” I added with a grin.But Jack’s jaw tightened with annoyance.“Don’t push it, Ivy,” he warned sternly.“Ew, I was just kidding,” I said, disappointed that he couldn’t even take a joke.“Jack doesn’t do jokes,” Drew chipped in lightly.Well, it was a good thing that he wasn’t anything like Jack.For the few hours that Drew and I had spent together now, I came to realize that he wasn’t like his father,

MARK“Why didn’t you say anything to me, Alexa?” I asked her.I just had to ask because it broke me to know that these things were going on and I was right here, but Alexa just couldn’t tell me anything.“I wasn’t supposed to say anything,” Alexa said.“Says who?” I asked her.Alexa got up with more restlessness.“I don’t know, Mark,” she stated. “Can you just stop asking me all these questions?” Alexa asked me. “Noelle is in danger and not being told is all you care about right now?” She questioned me further.It was obvious that she was very upset and more troubled now, and this was the moment I was supposed to be calm and quiet, but for how long?“Have you seen what your silence is costing you?” I asked Alexa, blurting out the words before I could realize that I shouldn’t have said it in that manner.Alexa became more upset and hurt.“So, now, this is my fault?” Alexa asked me angrily.“I didn’t mean it that way, Alexa,” I said.But her anger had already gone off.“What exactly do

IVYNow that I knew that there weren’t any deer to be worried about, I stepped out of the cabin through the back door.I needed the space.After Drew left, a certain kind of tension brewed between Jack and me, and I just needed some air. It was a good thing I wasn’t hungry and he didn’t come out with me.This was my moment.The sun was out and I knew that I was going to get sunburned, but I didn’t mind. It was a good feeling to be able to be out and not have to worry about being seen.Or about deer ripping out my flesh from my bones.I didn’t walk too far. The moment I found somewhere comfortable to sit, I perched there. As I allowed my thought to drift afar, my eyes sat on the cabin.“What a little, yet cozy thing,” I muttered to myself.No matter how cozy it was, it just wasn’t something that I wanted for myself. I wanted to be back in Paris, living the life I used to live before everything went south.I wanted to be back in Mr. Silver’s house as his stepdaughter, and moving around

MARK“Have you recalled who the voice belongs to?” I asked Vector for the umpteenth time.Ever since he said that the voice sounded familiar, I gave him time to try as much as he could to recognize it, but Vector hadn’t been able to. I was even beginning to think that he really didn’t recognize the voice.Or maybe he thought he did.“Not yet, Mark,” Vector told me.“Shit,” I responded in frustration. “We can’t spend all day waiting for you,” I added.Noelle was still with this bastard and I had limited time to prove to Alexa that she could count on me. Just as I thought of Alexa, she called her own cell phone using the house line, and I picked up almost immediately.“Alexa,” I said into the phone.“Mark, have you found her?” Alexa asked immediately.I swallowed hard and looked at Vector, who in turn, was also staring at me.Goodness, I hated that I would have to give Alexa a negative response, but I couldn’t lie about this. She would even get enraged if she found out that since I left