MasukAs soon as Patricia was out of sight, Ava was as though every bit of her heart was pulled out of her chest, abandoning behind it a void, a painful emptiness she was not quite sure how to fill. Her legs seemed to give way, and were she not supported by Marcus standing directly behind her, she could have fallen as she stood there on the floor.Easy, Marcus thought to himself, as he held her tenderly. Back we go to the house.This time, Ava made no protest, since all the strength she had collected to fight her mother was already exhausted, leaving her exhausted and broken. As Marcus led her to go back into the house, she leaned a little, and the steps were slow and clumsy, until she was back on the bed and sat down with caution.
The silence that Patricia had left behind her did not last long, as Ava could not sit there and feel the burden of everything that had just happened resting on her chest. Her hands shook, and she pushed up the blanket and tried to get out of the bed, despite the strict order of the doctor, and Marcus saw it at once.“Wait, Ava, wait,” he said, hastening toward her. “You are not supposed to be getting up.”“I must,” Ava said, trembling yet insistent. “I cannot allow her to walk out like that.”Marcus hesitated, and then he lightly touched her arm.“At least, do allow me to
When Patricia entered the room, the atmosphere of the room was transformed, like the quietness that had been so painstakingly established in the last couple of days was broken at once. Ava stood motionlessly on the bed, her hands clenching on the edge of the blanket, and Marcus stood beside the door with a closed face.Patricia slowly turned her eyes about the room and then at last rested on Ava, and there was nothing in them but a keen, critical stare that made Ava feel as though the very bone of her back was scraping against the wall.“Here you have been hiding, then,” said Patricia coldly.Ava swallowed hard.
The days that followed at the hospital were not that fast, as the doctors had to watch the patient and pay proper attention to her all the time, and the serious threat had passed, but the tension still did not disappear. Ava was kept under surveillance all the time, with only a slight movement, except when compelled to, and Marcus was at her side, but never wanted to leave, even when the nurses were insisting that she should rest.The doctor was at the end of her bed in the morning of her discharge with a file in his hand, and Ava sat up, looking at him, relieved and anxious simultaneously.The doctor calmly said, We are letting you go home.Ava exhaled a little.
The resulting hours were very long and heavy with silent terror and cautious actions as the doctors tried to stabilise Ava and postpone the labour. The emergency room was now an atmosphere of tension under control, where every sound of the machines was more noticeable than ever, and every little change caused everyone to be more attentive.Ava was lying on the hospital bed, and her face was pale and fatigued, and a nurse was changing the IV line attached to her arm. Marcus was standing right next to her, and his eyes were not leaving her face because he must have been terrified that he would look away and see something worse.Attempt to remain composed, said the doctor, checking the monitor. We have managed to hold things at least.
After that, everything was too fast, fear grabbed hold of everything, and did not leave a room to think. Marcus sprang into action, his hands not trembling, but his heart pounding, and he assisted Ava out of the bed very slowly and attempted to maintain his voice steady.“Now we are going to the hospital,” he said firmly.Ava shook her head feebly, her body trembling in gripping him.” I am frightened, Marcus, I am frightened,” she said.“Marcus… I’m scared,” she whispered.“I know,” he said hastily. I know, but I know I’ve got you. Just remain with me, all ri
Elena had timed it very well. Ava was in the kitchen, and she was stirring a cup of tea very slowly in time, and her motions were calm and slow. There was a silence in the house, and it was the sort of silence which seemed fragile, like a paper which a single word could splinter. Elena intervened
Elena waited until the place was very quiet in the house before she slipped into Lydia's position. It was all soft and a bit revealing of the windows, through the afternoon sun. When Elena sat down opposite Lydia on the couch, he was scrolling through her phone, and she was looking cool with rampan
It was very quiet in the backyard that late in the afternoon; it was heavy rather than chilly. Marcus went out to have his air and jacket on his arm, still mixed up in all the stuff he had overheard and seen over the last few days.He paused as he caught a glimpse of someone close to the old garden
Bella gazed at Ava in the hall and smiled immediately, all natural and comfortable, as though nothing strange had ever occurred previously. She brought it on her light feet, going along and using the juice like she had plenty of time."Ava," Bella said with a grin. "Was just looking for you."Ava w







