By myself, I got ready for the day, expecting the worst as I stepped out of Kieran’s room to meet Ava waiting outside.
“How long have you been here?” I asked her, a bit surprised.
“Just over thirty minutes” she replied, then opened her mouth to say something else, then, as if changing her mind, she closed them.
“What do you want to say?”
Ava fiddled with her fingers, a bit nervous as she bit her lip. I held her hands, holding her gaze as I told her “It’s better to let it out than to think about it longer.”
She gave me a small nod and said softly “I’m sorry, Hazel. For not being able to defend you back there when you were accused of killing Cora. The truth is that I couldn’t remember anything. When I woke up, you were gone and the commotion made me follow the crowd and we saw you. You
