A Son for A Billionaire novel Chapter 43

EPISODE FORTY FOUR

Theme: You can’t run forever

LOS ANGELES

IVY RIVERA APARTMENT

Ivy accompanied Mr Clark out of the apartment and when she cane back in she locked the door. “Ivy, what's wrong with you?! Why did you agree to leave the country?!” Emily said in a raised tone.

“You don't get it Emily -“

Emily interrupted her sentence. “What?!” She asked.

“Do you know how many bouncers are out there? He could have just ordered them to come in and take my son away from me!” Ivy answered.

She was right.

“So are you leaving..truly?” Emily asked.

“Yes..I can't allow my son get hurt. We have stay away from Ace.” Ivy ran her hand through her hair.

“No! You can't do that! Come on Ivy, do you think leaving will make anything better?! No! it will only affect a lot of things. And you should think of the fact that Leroy will be sad he is away from his dad! Geez! Ivy what are you thinking?!” Emily snapped at her sister.

“I can't let anyone take my son away from me!” Ivy shot back at her. “I won't wait until someone brings a court note to me! Leroy -“ A tear slipped down her face. “Leroy..is the reason I am still alive! He is the one that kept me going all these years so I can’t lose him. We are leaving.” She said unsteadily.

“But aren't you tired of running? Ivy enough of this running away all the time. It doesn’t resolve anything. I can’t imagine how much you went through to have Leroy but I understand you. I want the best for you and Leroy. So why don't you trust Ace on this and let him sort things out?!” Emily interjected.

Ivy shook her head in disagreement. “I am not interested in entrusting myself or my son's life to anyone! I have done well without anyone's help! So this time won't be any different if I leave! Do you even know how many people are out there digging up stuffs about my whole life?! So I won't wait for someone to pop out of nowhere and tell it to all media houses that I was referred as a bad luck" by a whole town that didn’t accept me. I won’t wait see me being call the Rivera’s girl from the wrong side of the river again. I have worked so hard to get over it but it seemed like it is a legacy I have to live with my whole life. So I also won’t sit back and wait for them to find out that I slept with a man I barely know in two hours.” Ivy let the tears rolled freely as she expressed her pain.

Emily felt pity for her sister. “Oh! now you are just taking Ivy-“ She moved closer to her sister. “You aren't leaving because Mr Clark asked you to do but you want to leave because of what the public will think of you and say about you. But Damn it! Ivy no one will go to any of those media houses to say silly things about you. It is none of their fucking damn business!”

Ivy sniffed. “You don't know how things work here Emily. You can't understand -“ She stopped, more tears streaming down her cheeks.

“Then make me understand you, Ivy.” Emily embraced her sister. “Please you can't give up like this. You can't leave without telling Ace. You have to calm down, it only you and Ace that knows about you sleeping with him under two hours of your meeting. Forget about what you used to be or the way the whole town saw you. I keep telling you that you are not that kind of person..not anymore. You have done so well for you and Leroy.” She said in a calm tone.

Ivy tried to wiggle out of the embrace but Emily held her tightly. “Emily-“ she sobbed.

“And If they get to find out what the whole town called you, or what you went through as a young child then it should serve as a lesson to all parents out there that they should learn how to love their children equally.” Emily pulled away from the embrace.

“Gosh! Look at it Ivy, you are doing fine compared to me who had everything when I was young! You also did a great job at raising Leroy. Don't leave this time Ivy, if Ace wants to call off his wedding for you and Leroy's sake, then don't you think there is more to it?” She muttered.