Chapter FIFTY SIX

  Theme: He will never let go

  LOS ANGELES

  IVY RIVERA APARTMENT

  NEXT MORNING

  Ivy woke up alone, sleepy and satisfied. Full of happiness, she reached across the mattress to where she expected Ace Clark to be, only to find the space empty. Had he left again like he did ten years ago? Ivy’s eyes flared opened, she crawled out of bed abruptly. He can’t possible be out of their lives again, Ivy continued to say to herself as she took a quick trip to the bathroom to wash her face and she came out back into the room. She put on a gown and rushed down the stairs.

  “Ace? Ace?” She called out to him.

  Ace heard her voice. “Yes..I am right here in the kitchen.” He replied.

  Ivy heaved a sigh of relief when she found him in the kitchen smiling at her over a cup of coffee. He didn’t leave, so definitely he meant every word he had said to her last night.

  Ivy went over to him. “Good morning.” She mumbled.