"I ordered takeaway. It should arrive soon." He glanced at the screen on his phone.

Concerned that they wouldn't make it in time, she said, "Let's take it to the airport and eat it there!"

"We don't have to rush. We can always change our tickets."

"You will do no such thing unless the flight is canceled." She could not wait to go to Ylore. "Elliot, I need closure. Whether Ivy is alive or dead, I need to know."

"I feel the same."

Shortly after, the food they ordered arrived.

The bodyguard carried their trunks into the car and the two followed closely behind. The atmosphere was awfully awkward as they sat in the cramped space of the back seat.

"You are not taking your bodyguard?" she asked.

"My bodyguard is already at the airport."

"Oh. I thought you weren't bringing him along!"

"I can leave him behind if you don't want me to bring him along."

"Why do you always have to read too much into my words? I was just mentioning it casually and you are reading far too much out of it,"