Ava is looking around our house in wonder, almost as if she has never entered a simple flat such as ours. I find her very reactions unnerving.
What is she doing here? I think to myself. She is the reason why I have to stay in bed for the next three days. She’s also the reason why I mustn’t overexert myself.
It is nearly 8 pm, I realize, and I don’t believe this is a mere coincidence.
When she sees me glaring at her, my arms crossed under my chest, she goes from stunned to tear-faced in a nanosecond. I can’t say I believe her fake tears at all.
“Oh, Samantha,” she hurries to meet me halfway and tries to grab my hands but I take another step backwards. “I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to cause you so much hurt.”
“Really now?” I raise a disbelieving eyebrow.
“You know I would never re
