Ivy was woken the next morning by different doors opening and closing from everyone already being up at 9:30am. She was so used to waking up to an empty apartment. Her mom was either working a morning shift at the diner or she and Dylan would crash at their friends to get drunk or high, some days it was like an empty apartment because they didn't wake up till noon from being hammered. Again. It did take some getting used to at first since she spent every waking day at Stef and Lena's.

Now this was something she had to get back getting used, which she would happily do.

All she could hear was all the kids running around and arguing over the bathroom. It had gotten noisier than before. They were all teeangers now. She'll have to get used to that. The only teenager that she had to deal with was herself. Stef and Lena though seemed to already be up and ready given the fact that the bathroom was clear. She grabbed some fresh clothes from her case and went into the bathroom to have a shower.

By 10am, Ivy dried off her wavy hair, slipping into her skinny denim jeans that ripped at the knee cap and a laced black vest that showed off the bottom of her midsection and a black and red flannel shirt that traveled down to just above her knees. With dark brown military boots.

When she got downstairs, the kitchen certainly seemed busier and much more chaotic. Ivy grabbed herself a cup of coffee as she was welcomed with smiles and took a seat beside Mariana. Looking at all the food laid in front of her she couldn't help but laugh "I know I said years ago that you needed to cut back on the food but I take it all back"

Ivy reached out and grabbed herself a croissant.

"Different from San Fransisco?" Jesus said it with a little laugh. Ivy nodded with her eyebrows raised as she chewed down on it "Much. All I got was cold left over diner food"

Stef looked to Lena as she put the plate down on the table. A look as if to say 'Did you just hear that?' and Ivy picked up on it by Stef's expression still sticking to that when she looked at her.

Ivy patted Stef's hand and shook her head as she shrugged it off "Don't worry, Aunt Stef, it's no big deal. I got by"

Every inch of her wanted to bite back and slam Kath down even more than she had thought of doing before. It wasn't Ivy's job to get by or to take care of herself, she needed a parent to take care of her. She simply gave a little smile and nodded. Mariana made it her job to fill Ivy in on all the glorious things that had happened whilst Ivy had been gone.

But Ivy had questions of her own. She cleared her throat and remained quiet for a moment before then looking up and looking to Stef and Lena, almost too scared to ask but she still did so, in a quiet tone "Do you know if...if Nate still lives here?"

Stef and Lena looked to each other, it was only a matter of time before he was asked about. With a small smirk on her face, Stef looked to Ivy "He does"

"But not only that" Lena added "He also works at the school"

Ivy couldn't help but choke on her breakfast goods, She pressed her hand against her mouth as she took a moment to clear her throat and widened her watery eyes for a moment due to her choking and then looking back to them in attempts to keep a cool tone "He's working at Anchor Beach?"

Jesus then chimed in "Yeah. He's Coach's step son"

Ivy nodded "Yes I know that. And Nathan cannot stand him"

Jesus shrugged "Well he's the Assistant Coach now"

Ivy found it rather amusing, she shook her head and laughed in a mutter "Ironic considering how much he hated school"

Jude raised his eyebrows, feeling like he was missing out on key information, as did Callie "How do you know Nate?"

Ivy heard a little giggle escape Mariana's mouth from beside her, and before she had the chance to tell Jude, Mariana got in there even quicker "He's Ivy's boyfriend"

"Ex boyfriend" Ivy corrected with the raise of an eyebrow. Mariana shrugged "Yeah but that's only because you had to move away. You guys were totally in love"

Ivy let out a small smile as she looked down to her rubbing palms and nodded "I guess"

"Modest much" Stef muttered a she took a sip of her coffee. Ivy shook her head "What?"

"Ivy, you were asking me what we would think if you and Nate decided to get engaged as soon as you turned sixteen"

Ivy sighed as she bowed her head down hearing Mariana let out another excited gasp "Were you serious?"

Ivy shook her head "No-"

"Yes" Stef and Lena said in unison. Getting a glare from Ivy. But, she was pretty serious back then, they really did consider it. Too much Boy Meets World perhaps. Lena let out a light laugh as she gently shook Ivy's shoulders "It was very sweet"

"And we said no" Stef said as she looked at the rest of the kids, telling them to never ask them such a thing.

Jesus, with a mouthful of toast said in a muffled voice "Weren't you guys together since you were like fourteen"

"Thirteen" Ivy corrected with a smile.

Mariana rubbed her shoulders against Ivy's as she teased "Think you'll stop by the school and see him again?"

Ivy rolled her eyes with an amused look and stood up from the seat "We're done with this conversation"

Ivy then heard Jesus say behind her "He does have a girlfriend, though"

Ivy looked up from the sink through the window for a moment and saw Callie slap his arm in the reflection. Well, she couldn't be angry or even surprised. Nate was as Sharon would say 'A Catch' and obviously he'd be able to get a girl anytime he wanted. Ivy couldn't help getting upset. He was all she knew for so long but they were apart for so long that she also felt like she didn't have the right to be upset.

Ivy turned and rested her hands behind her on the sink "Girlfriend?"

Jesus looked from Callie to Ivy, not exactly sure if he should say anymore. But Ivy looked at him in a way to say that she wanted him to tell him. He gulped his food down heavily "Erm her name's Lauren. She's my ex girlfriend's sister"

Ivy crossed her arms and walked forward as she nodded "Right"

"I don't think it's serious" Jesus said in attempts to reassure, and then added with a smile "So I'm sure seeing you will make him have a change of heart"

Ivy laughed at his flattering remarks "Thank you, buddy but" she shrugged "It's fine, we were friends first we can be friends again"

"Yeah that'll last" Mariana sarcastically muttered as she bit a chunk of her cereal.

A little while after breakfast. Mariana and Callie were in their bedroom. Callie felt like she wanted to get to know Ivy better, yes she had heard about her before but she didn't really know what she was like. And if Ivy was here to stay, she didn't want to feel awkward around her. Since it seemed Mariana in a way idolized her cousin, she was a good source to learn from.

The two girls both sat facing each other with their legs crossed, laughing on Mariana's bed.

"So, erm...Ivy, I don't really know that much about her"

Mariana beamed "She's really great, you're gonna love her"

"I don't doubt, she seems great, and moms sister sounds like-"

"A waste of space?"

Callie nodded to Mariana's rather bitter description. Mariana sighed and leaned her back against her headboard and placed her pillow on her lap, twiddling her thumbs as she rested both her hands on it.

"She used to yell at mom all the time, I can't really remember why, all I could hear was her screaming at mom, and mama trying to calm her down, I saw Ivy stood behind mom with her arms crossed looking down to the floor but looking so sad, mom used to beg Kath to stop screaming in front of Ivy but all she could say was how Kath was Ivy's mother and not Stef, she would grab Ivy's arm really hard and try to drag her out, Ivy would always hold on to Stef's hand really tight until she had to let go. Then she'd dump Ivy back the next day. It was only every few months but every time it was the same, it began to slack as Ivy got older and less naive"

Callie bowed her head down also, just for a moment. She never thought the Fosters would have a dysfunctional background, she never thought it was at some point really rough for them.

"Sounds like a bad time?"

"It was, but the worst was when Kath came for Ivy that day, she hadn't visited for like two months, she turned up and said she was moving and at first Ivy thought nothing of it, Kath was a never a mother to her so why should she have cared, but then when she said Ivy was going with her it was a whole different story, it led to screaming...but not from Kath, from mom and mama this time...Brandon, Jesus and I all sneaked downstairs to see.

Ivy was pushing Kath away saying that she wouldn't leave us, that we were her family and not Kath, but Kath said to moms that they had no parental rights over Ivy even though they raised her...this time Ivy had her arms clutched around mom's waist, mom was clutching onto Ivy whilst Mama with tears in her eyes begged Kath to let Ivy stay, but she ripped Ivy away from mom and had to literally throw her out the house, mom ran after them but it was too late

Mama got her back inside the house and then she collapsed on the floor, screaming with tears, we saw her wrap her arms around herself and curled up to the floor, crying as mama held her, it destroyed her more than anyone...to be honest, we don't think she was ever the same since. It's why she can be so hard on us sometimes, because it's her way of being protective through losing Ivy"

Callie was taken back drastically by the story that Mariana told about Ivy's last moments in the house. She noticed a tear fall from Mariana and shuffled closer to her to wipe them away gently with her thumb.

Mariana smiled weakly to not seem too upset to Callie.

"You guys have been through more than I thought, I'm sorry"

"Don't be sorry wasn't like it could be helped by either of us, mom wanted to fight but with the restraining order and no record of them having any parental rights it was a dead end-"

The door suddenly opened. Ivy stood still holding the door handle with a smile, Mariana quickly wiped her tears before Ivy had even noticed.

"Hey" Ivy said with a smile

"Hi" Callie replied also with a smile. Mariana then did the same. Ivy walked further inside the room and scanned around it.

"Wow, like what you've done with the place"

"This used to be Ivy's room, well we used to share"

"Yeah this was my side, used to be all bohemian and chilled whilst munchkins over there was all bright pink and barbie dolls lying everywhere"

Callie chuckled and looked at Mariana who was rolling her eyes from Ivy bringing up all embarrassing memories. Ivy walked closer over to Mariana and Callie, and asked what they were up to. Clearly both of them weren't planning on saying they were talking about one of Ivy's most traumatic memories.

So Callie came up with a subject.

"Just about Mariana's dance team"

Ivy whimpered a little laugh trying to keep a supporting face, she looked at Callie and Mariana and stopped laughing "Oh you're serious"

"Why does everyone say that?"

"I'm sorry all I can remember is a ten year old you doing the belly roll"

Callie burst out laughing again and chuckled "No way"

"That was five years ago" Mariana whined defending herself.

"You're right I'm sorry baby I'm sure you're brilliant" Ivy said with a mocking pout stroking Mariana's hair. Ivy was then pulled down on the bed as Mariana asked "What're you going to do about Nate?"

Ivy let out an exhausted smile "What can I do? Tell him to dump his girlfriend so we can pick up where we left off?"

"Yes!" Mariana exclaimed "You were so perfect"

Ivy shrugged, not really knowing what to say other than stating things of the obvious "That was a really long time ago, Mari, his feelings may have changed"

"They shouldn't" Mariana said as she raised her eyebrows. Ivy let out a laugh and swung her arm around her, pulling her close and kissing the top of her head. Callie looked to Ivy and said with a small nervous smile "Well, you can always see him on Monday"

Ivy looked to Callie "So I am dropping you guys off?" she laughed.

Ivy took it as her duty to treat Callie like she had known her as long as the rest of the family had. She didn't want her to feel like she had anything to prove or should be nervous, they were family after all despite never meeting before. Ivy's take on treating Callie like an instant sister certainly made Callie feel a whole lot better. Callie laughed and simply shrugged.

Before she forgot and whisked off back to work. She was only going to go in for an hour or so just to check up on things and then go out with Ivy to get in some shopping for their idea of converting the garage, she didn't bother dressing in her uniform she just dressed in her casual clothes. Stef decided to call Sharon, she was actually pretty surprised that she didn't call again after Stef blew her off yesterday afternoon. Stef sat down at the kitchen table with her phone to her ear, waiting for her to pick up.

"Hey, mom"

"Well thank you for so urgently getting back to me, Stefanie"

"Sorry, mom, I am but by you not calling me back I take it you were well aware that I was occupied by the evening"

Stef heard Sharon let out a relieved and happy sigh over the phone before saying "She settled back in well?"

"Like a dream"

"It's been a long time coming. How're you?"

Stef suddenly beamed a smile "I've never been happier, mom"

"I'm so glad Stefanie. I take it she hasn't heard from Kath"

"Nope, wants nothing to do with her, quite frankly neither do I"

Stef knew that Sharon got upset deep down, because she was their mother and all she ever wanted for her daughters to love each other. It's all any mother would want. But she knew Kath did the whole family wrong, including herself, and they were all better off without as a result.

"Well, it's for the best. So! Where you putting her, can't bunk her up with Brandon" she said with a loud laugh at the end of her sentence. Stef huffed out an amused breath as she shook her head "No, we're going to clear out the garage and convert it into her own space. With the limited money we have"

"Well…"

Stef looked up from the table, knowing what that tone was meaning "Mom...what do you mean by well?"

"Remember that money your dad left?"

Stef sat up straight and took in a deep breath "Uh huh…"

"Well Frank left money for Ivy too"

Stef's eyebrows pinched together, she always was confused why there was never any mention of Frank leaving money to Ivy, they were close. Eventually closer than Stef even was with him.

"Mom!"

"There was nothing I could do! You know that Kath would have took it all away from her and throughout all the paperwork that would have to of been done there's no way Ivy could have gotten away with contacting us so I kept it safe"

Well, she had a point there, for once Stef agreed with a point that Sharon was making. And by her silence, Sharon knew she had Stef on her side "Well, I've never heard you so quiet"

"Sorry mom I just. A little shocked. Do you think-"

"I'll transfer it all into your account to cash out, or if Ivy has an account you can transfer it to her"

"Thank you, mom, I'll pass it on to Ivy and I'm sure she'll call you when we get home"

"Anytime love, I'll talk to you soon, I love you"

"Okay, love you too"

Ivy came down the stairs as Stef hung up the phone and saw her overwhelmed face. Ivy walked over to her, with a hint of concern written across her face, she put her hand on Stef's back "You okay?"

"Hm? Stef looked up "Oh yeah love, I'm fine. Listen. Your Aunt Lena told you about the whole garage thing"

"Yeah! I appreciate you doing that, Brandon won't be too pleased"

"Well he's just going to have to deal with it" Stef shrugged as she stood up from the seat, facing Ivy she said as she tucked a strand of Ivy's hair behind her ear "Ready?"

"I am" Ivy nodded, then saying with a light laugh "Been awhile since I've been to a bring your kid to work day"

"Yeah. You were eleven and harassing me for money for the vending machine"

"Oh that's still gonna be the case this time" Ivy teased as she pushed Stef forward towards the door.

When Ivy was little, she was easily amused by everything in the police station. She felt like she was in some movie. But now at the age of twenty. Not so much. She just sat on the other side of Stef's desk and leaned back in her chair. Stef looked up at her and took off her glasses "We'll get out of her as quick as I can"

"It's fine"

"Where'd you fancy going out for lunch?" Stef asked as she looked back to her computer screen. Ivy shrugged "How about Bernie's Burger Shack, the one by the beach"

Stef shrugged "Sure, whatever you wish, love"

Ivy shot her a smile and then glanced over to someone in the corner of her eyes, she grinned and stood up, walking over to him. Stef looked at her with confusion and then let out a smile of her own as she soon understood.

"Jeez, you've gotten even more grey"

Mike turned around and found himself stunned as he saw the young woman stood in front of him "Ivy?"

"Hey Uncle Mike" Ivy smiled as she opened her arms and wrapped them around his body as he let out a surprised chuckle, wrapped his arms around her and lifting her up off of her feet ever so slightly "Oh my god" he lowered her back and said with a happily shocked faced "When did you get back here?"

"Last night. Yeah. Kath and Dylan took off and I didn't even hesitate"

"Wow, this is great" Mike said letting out another chuckle and bringing her in for another hug, then getting another good look at her "Look at you, you grew up even more beautiful, bear. Look just like Stef"

"Aw, you think I'm beautiful?" Stef teased as she walked up behind them. Mike rolled his eyes and shook his head as Ivy let out a laugh "Listen, you're on rookie duty today" Stef added on "I'm taking the day off to spend it with Ivy"

Mike put his hands on his hips and nodded "Alright" he looked to Ivy "Seen as though it's you"

"Thanks" Ivy smirked as she crossed her arms. Stef rubbed her back as she said "Alright let's go"

Mike leaned over to Ivy again and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek "I'll see you soon"

Ivy shot him another smile before walking ahead to outside the station, Mike halted Stef for a brief moment and smiled, he didn't say anything, he just smiled. Mike was there, helping Stef raise Ivy for the five years that they were together, he cared for her and was a father figure throughout her whole life, no matter how distant he may have become due to the slight bumps in the road. Stef rubbed her arm and gave back the same warm expression before following Ivy out.

Stef pulled the car up by the burger shack and walked to it. The pair of them sat down at the table, right beside the beach and ordered their drinks and food. Ivy folded her arms and leaned down on the table "So you seemed to have patched things up with, Uncle Mike"

"What're you talking about?"

"Uncle Mike and Aunt Lena last time I was here did not exactly get along which led you and Uncle Mike not getting along"

It wasn't false, Stef knew how bad the relationship became with Mike. He became bitter through his heartbreak of Stef leaving, it led him to drink and argue, through no fault of Stef or even his own. It was just an unfortunate situation that was hard for everyone involved. Ivy and Brandon included, they were just kids in all of this.

"Well, it is better now, a lot better, Mike and Lena are getting along and he's back in Brandon's life more than ever"

"Good" Ivy nodded, she then let out a long shrug and asked with a sudden shake in her voice "Are you okay?"

Stef tilted her head, not exactly following "Am I okay?"

Ivy nodded and made herself clear as she gripped onto the end of her sleeve through her nerves and emotions "When you got shot...I know it was a while but i wasn't here and when Aunt Lena text me I was so scared and...I guess I just need to hear you say that you are okay now, physically and emotionally"

Stef sighed and reached her hand over the table and gripped onto hers, letting out a soft and comforting smile "I promise you I'm fine, love, I wasn't critical-"

"A bullet is a bullet" Ivy said in a dry whisper.

"I know. And I know how scary it must have been for you to hear that and not being able to be here, but what I am trying to say is that it was not critical, I recovered quickly...mentally and physically"

"I begged Kath to let me see you, I said that she could have brought me and just let me see you, I would have gone back with her"

Stef rubbed Ivy's hand with her thumb "Like selling your soul"

Ivy let out a brief breathless laugh "Something like that"

Stef then took hold of her other hand and made Ivy look into her eyes "You listen to me, you do not have to feel guilty out missing out on anything. No me getting shot, not the wedding not…"

Ivy knew what was on the tip of Stef's tongue and finished it off for her with her eyebrows raised "Not gramps?"

Stef kept her eyes on her for a moment and looked down at the table as she muttered "Yeah" she cleared her throat and asked "What happened with that?"

Ivy slid her hands out of Stef's as she sat up straight and rested her chin in her hand "Well, Kath didn't care to put it blunt"

Ivy hung up the phone, she wasn't able to even speak to Stef she got so choked up. Phone calls were rare in case Kath or Dylan heard. But considering her grandfather had died. It seemed appropriate. Ivy heard Kath and Dylan come through the front door. With tears running down her cheeks, she took a deep breath and placed the phone on her desk and opened her bedroom door to the tiny living room.

Kath looked up from rolling up a cigarette "What's with you?"

Ivy crossed her arms as her tears ran down her cheeks. Kath's eyebrows pinched together and tilted her head "What is it?"

Ivy took a deep breath and closed her eyes "Grandpa's dead" she opened her eyes to see the lack of emotion or remorse on Kath's face, if anything she seemed disappointed thinking it was something that would have a bigger effect on her.

"Oh" she said bluntly, then looking back down to rolling her cigarette. Ivy glanced to Dylan, who just looked at her with a shrug.

"Oh?" Ivy said as she looked back to Kath "That's all you have to say?"

"What do you want me to do?"

Ivy scoffed "Cry, frown, show a little bit of upset or remorse"

Kath sat back on the couch and put the cigarette between her fingers as she prepared to light it "Why would I 'cry, frown' or 'show a little bit of upset or remorse' to a man who always valued my sister over me"

"Perhaps because your sister was more of a mother to me than you ever were or are"

Kath went to stand up before Dylan grabbed her arm and kept her down. Dylan was many things, but he was not for violence against kids. Because that's all Ivy was. A kid. Nineteen years old but a kid none the less. Kath would strike Ivy now and then, and he never approved and tried to stop it when he could.

Ivy shook her head "I want to go to the funeral"

"You're kidding me? And how did you even find out? Has she been in contact with you!"

"I had a right to know!" Ivy said with tears running down her cheeks, she sat on the coffee table, facing Kath, pressing the palm of her hands together, a pleading look on her face

"You weren't close...but he's my grandfather, and before you brought me here I saw him nearly everyday. Look if you just take me, let me say goodbye...I won't even try to stay with Stef or Lena, I'll come home with you"

Kath leaned forward and blew a puff of smoke in the direction of Ivy's face "You're telling me, you'll see Stef and her happy little family and you won't want to go back?"

"Of course I'll want to go back...but I won't. Just let me say goodbye"

Dylan looked to Kath but remained silent. Kath inhaled another taste of her nicotine, she shrugged and shook her head "No way in hell. No"

Ivy bit her lip due to sheer anger, and bowed her head down. She couldn't do anything, her car wasn't fixed up. They hide all money from her so busses were out of the question and it's hard to get a job when you have these two as 'parents' like these two who don't let you lead your own life.

Ivy hitched her breath and shook her head as she stood up. She looked down at their open bags of both tobacco and marijuana and flipped them both on the floor. Leading her to close and locked her bedroom door with Kath screaming at her.

It made Stef feel sick. And made her want to cry. That was just a mild form of emotional and almost physical abuse that Ivy went through. Ivy shrugged "I tried"

"We never doubted that, honey"

Ivy covered her mouth as she eyebrows pinched together through her emotions building up "Did you find him?"

Stef's breath shuddered, she rubbed her lips together and looked into Ivy's eyes once again "Yeah"

"Did they say if he was in pain?"

Stef shook her head "No, baby, he went in his sleep...something about a clot in his heart"

Ivy bowed her head down, with her palms pressed against her forehead "I wish I could've just seen him"

Stef reached her hand out again and rubbed her arm "I know, I wish I could have patched things up with him before he…"

Ivy took hold of Stef's hand as she dropped her hand down, sniffling up through her tears. Ivy shook her head and let out a breathless laugh "You were both too stubborn"

Stef chuckled and nodded "You're right there"

Ivy wiped her wet cheeks with her free hand and looked away as she regained her composure. She ran her fingers through her hair and looked around. Stef stared at her as she looked around her surrounding "Ivy, did you ask to come here for a significant reason?"

Ivy turned her head back to Stef and went to answer back, but Stef added on before she had the chance "This is the place you used to come with Nate? You took a chance thinking he'd be here"

Ivy stared at her "Jeez what are you an expert in psychology?"

"I'm just an expert with you"

Ivy frowned and shrugged "I just want to see him"

"I'm sure you will" Stef said with a faint smile "Soon enough, you will...are you still in love with him?" Ivy gulped heavily and shrugged, with an amused little smile to shield her emotions rising up again "I'm in love with the boy I was with for three years. But times have changed and he probably has. I know I have"

She looked down and took hold of a fry to place in her mouth. Stef watched her to do so which Ivy picked up on "You're staring"

"I know" Stef muttered.

"Why?" Ivy smiled as she looked up to her.

Stef lightly shook her head as she continued to gaze at the young woman "You're just…." she squeezed Ivy's hand "My beautiful little girl, now a beautiful young woman it's surreal"

Ivy grinned, chewing on her fry with a closed mouth she looked out to the beach again and then back to Stef with an idea on her mind, she stood up to Stef's confusion and held out her hand for Stef to take "Let's go for a walk, like the good old days"

Stef smiled and nodded as she took Ivy's hand. Leaving the money for the food on the table and walking down the steps onto the beach. Stef threw her arm over Ivy's shoulder and held her close, kissing the top of her head and pressing her head against hers "I love you baby"

"I love you too"

Stef lifted her head as she felt her phone vibrate in back pocket. She looked down and saw a text from Sharon.

All done! $30,000 smackers. Money money money! X

Stef let out a brief amused laugh and then cleared her throat "So, I need to tell you something"

"Uh-oh. You've been straight all along"

"No, definitely not" Stef said with a loud laugh "No it's just, I called Grams today and she let me in on a little secret. Gramps left you some money. Quite a bit actually" Ivy took a step in front of her, with their hands still linked and stared at her "How much is quite a bit"

Stef rubbed her lips together "Thirty thousand"

Ivy's eyes widened, her heart dropped, was she mishearing this?

"Thir...are you sure?"

"Very. He left the same amount to the kids and they've gone into college accounts but…"

"But I never had a shot at college, right?" Ivy said with a small laugh. Stef didn't want to say it, but Ivy got the hint. But then again, college isn't for everyone. Even though she would loved to have gone. But given the school she had to attend wasn't exactly the best in education. Ivy was smart and had ambition but the way her school was run made it impossible to understand all the book smart education.

Ivy kept her smile on her face to show her it was okay and it was no skin off her nose.

"I suppose I'd rather use that money to rebuild my life here"

Stef nodded and rocked their hands back and forth "So what do you say that we take this walk on the beach back round to the car and we go shopping for you, for an actual bed"

Ivy grinned and pulled Stef back over to her with an excited squeak "Yes lets!"

They both laughed as they carried on walking.

It was Ivy who then felt a buzz go off on her phone. She looked down at the old thing and saw a text from some that made her skin crawl.

Where are you? I stopped by your place. You better not have left town. Just answer me.

Ivy let out a subtle deep breath and said as she tucked her phone back in her pocket "I don't suppose a new phone could come out of this thirty thousand dollars"

Stef looked up at her hopeful face and smiled as she rubbed her back "Can't see why not"

Ivy nodded and put on a smile as she let out a sigh of relief and carried on walking down the beach with the most important person in her life.

Sorry I was slow with this chapter, hope you guys are enjoying the remake.