Twinsequences Ivy (Twisted Twin #2)(31)

Authorities are still obtaining details regarding this late breaking news.

I sat the phone down and looked in the rearview mirror. Aside from traffic, I didn’t see any police activity. There were no officers at check points. I assumed they were still checking the airport, especially since I’d bought tickets to leave the country in my sister’s name. The train ticket hadn’t been taken out in my name. I still had a chance to get out of this god forsaken place and start over with my infant child.



“We’re here. Do you want me to park or drop you off at the door?”

Since I was still wearing a ball cap, and a pair of sunglasses, I figured I was disguised enough. Besides, the picture they were using to find me didn’t look a thing like me. My hair was up, and I now had on clean clothes. The other photo was my mug shot.

“The front door is fine. I need to get my ticket and go.”

He pulled up and came to a halt.

I threw the gun in the passenger seat before slipping out of the car. The man pulled away quickly, not even giving me a second to turn around and warn him about saying anything.

I shrugged it off and walked inside, prepared to fetch my ticket and be on my merry way. The cashier smiled as I approached. I told her the name and she handed me a printed voucher. “Your departure time is listed at the top. If you need to make changes they have to be done before departure time in order to get the full ticket price.”

“Okay, thanks.”

I picked up my bags and the child carrier then walked over to a location with cushioned seats. There were several people around me, some working, while others read or sat silently waiting. I pulled Marcus out of his seat and held him in my arms. He cooed and smiled, like most babies do. A woman, about my age, leaned over and began talking to him in a high pitched voice. “Hi baby. You’re so cute. How old is he?”

I didn’t even know. “Um, four months. He’ll be five in two weeks.”

“Oh wow. He’s so cute. Congratulations. Children are such a blessing.”

I smiled and welcomed the attention, because it camouflaged the fact that I was a single woman traveling with an infant.

Every few seconds I’d check out the security guards positioned at each exit. At any moment they could come looking for me. I had to be alert of my surroundings, and scope out the exits.

While doing so, the woman got up to use the restroom. I was preoccupied with the baby, and keeping a close eye on the people around me. When a female sat down again, I figured it was the same lady.

It wasn’t until I heard her bone-chilling voice – a voice I thought I’d never hear again.





Chapter 15


“It can’t be. I watched you sink to your death.” I rubbed my eyes. “Am I dreaming? Is this some sick kind of nervous breakdown?” There was no way my sister was sitting next to me, in the flesh – alive. I killed her. I’d taken care of my lifelong problem. She was gone. I’d been so sure.

“Oh, sister, it’s me. How foolish you were to think my husband would allow you to kill me. While you thought we were saying our goodbyes, he was loosening my restraints. He whispered in my ear where to look for you, in case he didn’t make it. Stoshua would have risked his last breath to protect me. That’s what love is.”

“No. That’s not possible. He didn’t know. He couldn’t have.”

“He did.”

“No. This doesn’t make sense. The police picked him up a while ago.”

“You’re right. They did, however, they still can’t find me. You see, unlike the authorities, I know how you think. All I had to do was drive by the airport to know you weren’t there. It was crawling with police. There was only one other place you’d go to get out of town fast. Now, they wouldn’t give me names of passengers, not that I needed to check. You were sitting out in the open, as if you were waiting for me.”

“Fat chance. You may have found me, but it means nothing. If you think I’m going to let you end me, you’re wrong. I’ll shoot you and shoot myself before I let that happen.” She didn’t have to know I was unarmed.

I tried to get up, but she placed her hand on my thigh. “Don’t you dare move. Hand me my son, Ivy. This plan of yours is over. You’re going down, and this time, you won’t be getting out. You don’t have the balls to shoot yourself, and since you are dying to get out of here, I know you won’t risk making a scene by shooting me. Now, give me my son, before I make every officer in here aware of the fugitive sitting next to me.”

“Screw you. Do me a favor, walk over to the tracks and wait for a train to come, then jump in front of it.”

“I’m not going to ask again.”

“You’re ignoring the topic of your precious Stoshua. After what he did, I can’t believe you’d go back to him. He’s a cheater, and he’s so damn good at it.”

“Stoshua is my husband. He’s one-hundred percent devoted to me. He’d never give up on us, and neither will I.”

This couldn’t be happening. How was she here, getting under my skin. I wondered if someone had given me a pill, making me hallucinate my worst fears. “No. You watched me with him. I saw your face. You were disgusted.”

“Of course I was, but I also knew he was doing it to survive. With him free, he could save me, and our children. We’ve known at some point you would come after us. Yes, he went to extremes, and trust me, it was horrible to witness, but it meant nothing to him; you meant nothing to him. You’re sick in the head. You’re a loose cannon. You’ll go to extremes to get what you want. That’s not normal. People don’t go around hurting others for personal gain.”