Fallen: On the road to trust

On the road to trust

When Ike returned, the first thing he did was visit Lacey. Chrystal welcomed him with open arms. ‘She’s in her bedroom Ike. And thank-you.’ Ike could see tears in the woman’s eyes.

‘Lace? It’s Ike. Can I come in?’ ‘Ike! You’re back!’ Lacey flew to the door and flung it open. ‘So, you missed me huh?’ Ike grinned. Suddenly Lacey stopped. ‘Lace?’ Lacey felt an unexplainable fear rising in her stomach. She had to turn away. ‘Lace! What’s wrong?’ Ike rushed towards her and put his arm around her shoulder. Lacey stiffened and tried desperately to shake his arm off. Ike sensed something was wrong and backed off. Lacey stumbled over to her bed and hid herself under the covers, terrified, but she didn’t know why.

Ike tore at his hair. After he had been to see Lacey the first time since he returned, he had tried to see her three other times but she wouldn’t let him near her. What had he done?

Lacey stood hesitantly on the Hanson’s doorstep, the first time she had been out of her house since the hearing. She was a little scared, but she was desperate to get back to normal, to get rid of this fear she could not find a reason for. The first step was to talk to Ike. The door was answered by some girl Lacey had never seen before and she was about to flee home when the girl said, ‘Lacey?’ Lacey nodded slowly. ‘Hi. I’m Peta, Tay’s girlfriend. Ike’s up in his room. Would you like to come in?’ Lacey could tell from the look on the girl’s face that she knew what had happened, but was grateful she had not asked her how she was. It was all she had been hearing lately. She nodded slowly. Peta smiled and led her up to Ike’s room, as she had never been there before. She knocked on the door and then disappeared back down the stairs. ‘Come in!’ Ike called from within. Lacey cautiously opened the door and entered the room. ‘Ike?’ Ike turned around. ‘Lace!’ Lacey ran to Ike and threw her arms around him. She never wanted to let go.

Ike saw Lacey every day and gradually helped her patch up her relationship with her mom and get her out of the house. Her favorite place to go was a park near their houses, but gradually they got to the mall and she even accompanied Ike and his brothers to a performance outside the Blue Rose Café. Ike was elated and relieved to see the beautiful smile return to her face.

For Lacey, the time spent with Ike was great but a little worrying, her feelings for him growing stronger.

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