THE CASE OF LILY EVANS

CHAPTER 5

"I remember the night James asked me to marry him, we were on our business tour, in our hotel room, cuddling, and then the next thing i know I have a ring in my mouth and then he proposes, I couldn't forget that night  even if wanted to, it was so romantic and weird way for proposing. That was the day you and that Colin got together , everything was perfect , the way I wanted it to be. You looked happy with him, at least for a while , then our cliche honeymoon to Vegas because he said we should do a cliche honeymoon because we had such a unique engagement " Lily chuckles at that "Then coming back and finding the new house, settling down, adopting Rosie from the animal shelter, having movie marathons on the floor,  everything could be ruined tonight"

Ivy doesn't say anything, just sits there looking ahead. What should she be saying i told you so? so Ivy sat there listening to Lily and all her worries. At least she would get some of her mind cleared for the much bigger problem ahead of her. As much as Ivy wanted to hold Lily close and tell her that it wouldn't be true, she cant do that because her heart feels like it knows the truth. The radio is playing softly in the background, both of them needs a distraction so  Lily turns up the volume.

"I hate that stupid old pickup truck you never let me drive
You're a red neck heartbreak who's really bad at lying
So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time
As far as I'm concerned, you're just another picture to burn"

"Well I hope James doesn't become a picture to burn "Ivy said kind of jokingly. "Well I hope I wont be screaming Adele and drinking wine and crying like a baby tomorrow" Lily says with a same tone. Ivy is relieved to find that she could joke about this.

"Where do you wanna drop you off? Your house? The cafe? I cant drive you home, ill be way too late then"

"Drop me at the cafe, I'll walk, its like ten minutes from there" Ivy says getting her half asleep self more awake.

"Call, message, voice mail, anything, inform me if something happens, good or bad" Ivy says on last time

"I will, now go to bed and have some Advil tomorrow morning will you?"

"Yes mom" Ivy rolls her eyes playfully. "see you tomorrow, goodnight, love you" Ivy calls out while Lily drives away to her house.

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Through out the entire night Ivy was restless. Checking her phone every damn minute, calling Lily as every minute passes, messaging her every second for some kind of reply. But she never got one that night. Ivy slowly figured that it might be because  Lily needs space right now and don't want to talk to anyone , after all she did have one hell of a problem at her hands tonight 

The next morning, well there wasn't a morning for Ivy, she slept through the entire day and woke up at 4 in the afternoon, probably because of the zero sleep she got. I'm surprised she was awake that long  through out the night and didn't pass out after all those drinks she had, which should now have provided one hell of a hangover. Well technically she did have more drinks than she had at the pub, thanks to the unopened bottle of Merlot Lily got her for her birthday. she wondered whether Lily was having drinks now, not Merlot because Lily prefers white wines over anything. She has a point though you can drink white wine with practically anything , 'There's nothing a good glass of wine and  a re-run friends cant solve,if the problem is  still not solved? add Taylor swift into it'  this was Lily's  first response  when shit goes downhill most times.

Ivy  decides to ring her once again, still no luck. Ivy was uneasy not knowing what happened to Lily yet decided to give her space and time she needs right now in a situation like this . So Ivy decided to do  what everyone should do when they have a crisis and a huge hangover. Take a nap.

On  Saturday ,  when Ivy was returning  home from work she decided to check in on Lily at her company  , which was quite far away fro Ivy's lab but it would be worth it 

"Could I possibly see Mrs. Evans, I'm her best friend" Ivy asked politely as she can at the moment

"I'm sorry, Mr.Alberto and Mrs.Evan's and went on a business trip yesterday  night and we don't know when exactly  they'll be back, Mr.Alberto arranged this trip way too quick, it was a last  minute trip" the lady in front of her said apologetically.

'SHE'S ON A BUSINESS TRIP?  AND SHE DIDN'T TELL ME?' Ivy screamed, but nobody heard her because she screamed in her head like most sensible humans do who knows how to not cause a scene.

"Oh that's fine, she must've forgot to tell me, as you said it was very last minute," Ivy said with no emotion portraying on her face.So what happens now? her best friend is on a trip without even informing her that she was going? She understands that it was her husband, but they promised eachother they would tell each other everything....

Ivy goes home, not knowing what to think or do. This was odd thing from Lily, she rarely hides anything from Ivy, unless its a surprise.

Ivy has fully given up on reaching out to Lily now , what was the point in doing so?. She wasn't going to  respond at all,not to calls, messages, anything.

Ivy was worried too much to the point she has given up on even reaching out to her or James, all she needs is a message saying Lilys fine . Ivy has stopped going to work , stopped responding to any calls or messages , and her drinking problem has come up again.

As the days went by Ivy started drinking more, started being not responsive to any calls, messages or anybody who tries to check on her. Nobody even knew what was going on between the girls, they thought it was one of their big fights, like the couple ones the town has witnessed in the past years.

Nobody knew what really happened, what happened that night at Lily's house.......