"I don't know." Alan Hoyle answered honestly, "but for the sake of all the years he's taken care of you two, I’ll try."
"Alan, I haven't had many friends around me over the years. Chloe is one of them and so is he." Although she didn't know Ivy Aldington that well, she believed that he was a man with a good heart.
"Don't worry, I won’t go too far on him as long as he won’t try to steal my wife from me."
Olive giggled, "Who do you think your wife is? Some kind of angel?"
"You certainly are an angel." Alan Hoyle smiled.
"So, you better be nice to my mommy." Annie threatened, "If you ever break Mommy’s heart again, I wouldn't mind having someone else be my father."
Alan Hoyle laughed and he pinched up her little nose, "Don't even think about it, you won’t have that chance."
While Xenia Boswell went to the bathroom, Dave Chou pulled his cigarette case out and smoked, leaning idly back in his chair.
On the table were the leftover remnants of food and drink.
Ivy Aldington frowned but eventually remained quiet. It wasn't polite to smoke in a public place like a restaurant, yet being in a private room now, he decided to let it go.
"So, what are you going to do next?" Dave Chou sprayed smoke and for a moment his expression was hazy.
Ivy Aldington answered him with another question, "What do you think of Alan Hoyle?"
"Him?" Dave Chou dusted off his cigarette ash, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
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