Chapter Thirty Six

TESSA

"Your Mom and I are going to talk."

“Hector.” He nodded at once, leading Ivy and the dogs to her room. We stood in complete silence till their footsteps died down the hall.

“Why would you do that?”

The note of incredulousness in Tessa’s tone grated at my nerves. She looked genuinely at a loss as if the chances of what I said being a reality didn't exist.

“You know she's going to hang on