Chapter 7

*****Ava***

Waking up with a mild headache couldn't stop my determination to keep a happy face that day. Yes I had gone to bed the previous night hurt and broken, yes I had cried my eyes out but it was a new day. 

As the saying goes, new day, new beginnings. I chose to push all the negative stuff that happened somewhere in a dark corner at the back of my mind. I would deal with it at a later date.

Call me a coward, but today I just wanted to be happy and forget about all my troubles.  I wasn't ready to cry or think about any negative stuff. Today, any insults directed at me would get easily ignored. 

I swung my legs over the edge of my bed, carefully planting them on the carpeted floor. Checking the time on my phone, I realized I was going to be an hour late for work. 

Ignoring the hunger that I felt, and the rumbling of my empty stomach,  I stripped off my clothes and walke