Ava placed her head in her hand and sobbed, knowing she wouldn’t be able to gather enough courage to come back again.

If only Ruby were here

“Sister, are you okay?” The cab man asked.

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The anger that Ava had felt in the shop was nothing compared to what Bernard was feeling as he was going back to his house, fuming. He had learned that Marissa had changed her house locks weeks ago, and she had started locking her door now, so he knocked when he got there. Bernard would have simply called Grandma to inform her of his arrival if she had been in residence but the last...