Chapter 9
“So, why did we have to leave the carnival so early?” Ivy asked after taking a bite of key lime pie, one of Kathy’s specialties.
“I told you already. We had to get Susan back home.”
Ivy wasn’t buying her excuse by the glare she was giving her. “We both know that’s not true. Even Kathy, was surprised we were back so early.”
Kathy had looked shocked, when they came back. Funny, she thought she had been with Heath a lot longer. Time seemed to fly, when they spent time wandering the booths and the Ferris wheel.
“Earth to Mom,” Ivy said, waving a hand in front of her face.
Olivia blinked, feeling the flush in her cheeks. “What were you saying?”
“I was asking for the truth on why we left the carnival. I was having fun.” Ivy hunched in her stool, a sour look on her face.
Guilt p
