If this was the last time she and her siblings would see their parents, it was imperative that this family reunion would be everything Carlotta and Sterling could want.
But she couldn’t think like that, even though those thoughts sloshed around the edges of her mind and spilled into cracks like tide pools. Instead, she had resolved to focus on the good times and memories they were creating. Still, that terrible thought lingered.
And now that had to include Aunt Maya.
Ivy pressed her lips together as she tucked another corner. These last couple of weeks, her emotions had zipped along a dizzying spectrum stretched tight and thin as thread, although she tried to hide her frazzled nerves. The pressure of dealing with a squabble of relatives she hardly knew was worry enough, but now, she tru
