Noah paced back and forth in the living room as he tried to make sense of what Jared had told him.
Present. Present. Present.
'He kept stressing on the word 'present'. What did he mean?' Noah had an inkling that his answer lay in this word. But he couldn't deduce what. It was his biggest clue. But he couldn't decipher even after a long time had passed.
Aria and Ian were at work. While Oliver was held up with work, Joshua was tending to a reluctant Ivy.
Pursing his lips, he narrowed his eyes for a moment before he went looking for them.
Ivy and Joshua were in the garden. While the man kept chattering non-stop, she was lost in thoughts as she stared blankly at the fountain before her. Every few seconds, a frown marred her forehead before her face returned to normal.
On noticing Noah approach them, Joshua's volume decreased until he became silent completely. It was this silence that broke Ivy out of her thoughts.
