Chapter 26

Elise turned to Henry. "Are we in a hurry?" From the urgency in Ivy's voice over the phone, Henry could tell how anxious she was. "Nope," he replied. With that, Elise agreed to Ivy's request. She hung up and told Henry to head to Lancelot Kindergarten instead. He made a U-turn ahead. Since they weren't far, they arrived about 20 minutes later. But Elise hadn't expected Lucas to be the one who'd gotten into a fight with Liam Keller, Ivy's son. Surprise flickered across Lucas' face when he saw her. Then, feigning indifference, he turned to Rebecca and asked, "Didn't I tell you to call my dad?" Rebecca had assumed Elise was busy the last time. She knew Elise's relationship with Lucas was somewhat strained. And recently, Samuel had been sending Lucas to school with another sophisticated-looking woman. After all, it wasn't her place to pry into the affairs of the upper crust. So when Lucas told her to call his father, she'd done so. She hadn't expected Elise to show up inste