Chapter 325

"And what did you do?" Ivy asked, leaning slightly over the small pub table, her dark eyes full of curiosity and concern.

We were sitting at The Crown Inn, a traditional pub in Southwark that Ivy had chosen because it was "authentically British," as she'd put it. The atmosphere was exactly what you'd expect from a classic London pub with dark wooden beams overhead, timeworn tables, and the constan