Ivy The Certified Stalker

10. Invites and Mysterious Letters

'W-What?' Ivy felt her stomach coil, the thought of ruining another life repulsed her. Sandy's father had already been imprisoned and Mrs. Winters had moved out of state dragging her daughter along to get away from all the embarrassment and mockery that had befallen them, luckily the police hadn't caught whoever posted all those pictures as Tony had used a fake account and used the public library computer to post everything.

'She has been playing hard to get and I'm losing my patience.' He explained glancing at Ivy before focusing on the road. 'I need a hold on her and you did such a great job with Sandy that I know this won't be hard on you.' Ivy shook her head. This was getting too complicated and she didn't want to mess another person's life despite her dislike for Alice.

'N-No Tony. S-Sandy almost committed suicide after what you did.' Tony groaned, pressing the brakes so suddenly that the tires came to a loud screeching stop, Ivy would have hit the dash board if it hadn't been for the safety belt. A loud horn cut through the tense atmosphere as a car passed them the driver shouting profanities at Tony but he barely paid attention to anything other than Ivy who straightened her back trying not to show fear despite how intimidating Tony looked as he brought his flaming eyes closer to Ivy's face, his hot breath hitting her face in a none comforting way.

'Did you just say no to me?' He snarled, bringing his face even closer as another horn wailed behind them but Tony didn't bother moving the car to the side of the one-way road. Ivy gulped but didn't move her face as their noses almost touch.

'I-I won't do it.' She managed to say and Tony's eyes grew even darker.

'Yes you will or else you will regret it!' His look was challenging but Ivy didn't back down as she continued the staring contest, their breaths fanning each others face but none backed down. His eyes roamed over her face looking for the shy gutless girl he knew but all he saw was the same identical stormy gray eyes staring back at him in fear mixed with something else he couldn't quite comprehend. He felt his body start to relax and he reluctantly backed down, straightening his back as he turned to glare at the road, his next words coming out awfully too calm. 'Get out!'

Ivy didn't need to be told twice as she jumped out of the car, slamming the door behind her and soon enough Tony zoomed past her leaving just a speck of dust behind. Ivy noticed that she was near the basket ball court where she came to watch Henry play and wondered if he was there already. She hurried up the road knowing it was better to deal with Tony when he had calmed down which would probably be never. It was hopeless, Tony didn't like her and never would even though they were twins. She had never understood where his resentment came from but he had already reminded her what a ugly waste of space she was. Maybe he was right, she was ugly and socially unacceptable but no matter what she would never give up on Henry. He was warming up to her already and all she needed was to stop being shy then he would ask her out.

Ivy couldn't help but cry out in anger when she found the court empty. There was not a single soul there and she wondered if Henry was home seated on his desk doing homework or maybe on his laptop but she couldn't know, ever since that night she had messed up, Henry had started closing his curtains early as if he knew or suspected someone always came to watch him. It was frustrating on the first three days when Ivy went there but soon enough she realised that this was her fault and that she had to find a remedy since her wall was lacking any new pictures of Henry. Her determination to get a full nude shot of him not forgotten.

It wasn't until an hour passed as she sat down in the court waiting to see if Henry would show up that she felt a presence in front of her. She had been busy scrolling through her playlist and choosing random songs to pass time that she almost dropped her iPod in surprise when a shadow blocked the setting sun.