Semua Bab A Night That Changed Everything : Bab 91 - Bab 94

Ava’s POVJust then the door opened.My heart skipped when I saw Callista.She entered the girls’ toilet with the same neat composure she had worn all morning, as if the cafeteria scene had been only a warm-up and this was the quieter room where the real damage got done. The door swung shut behind her. For one suspended second the dripping tap was the only sound in the room. I was already shivering at the thought that she had heard our conversation—Maya’s question still hanging in the air between us, the word still too new and too loud in the tiled quiet. My palm wanted to return to my stomach. I forced it to stay where it was.Callista went straight to the mirror above the sinks.She watched her face the way some girls watched for damage after a fight, turning her chin slightly, smoothing a strand of hair that did not need smoothing. The fluorescent light made her look polished and calm. Maya’s hands were still around mine. Neither of us spoke. We only watched her, frozen in the far

Ava’s POV“How are you doing?”“I am fine, doctor.”The answer came out too quickly. I felt it myself—the thin edge of performance that never quite covered fear. The doctor stood beside the bed with his bag open on the side table, calm in the way professionals stayed calm when powerful men waited in the background. Corren remained near the door, not leaving, not yet interrupting. Callista had not followed us upstairs. That small mercy did nothing for the larger dread sitting under my ribs. My palms were damp against the sheet. Every polished object in the room felt too still, as if the walls themselves were listening for the wrong answer.“How is your stomach doing?” the doctor asked.“It hurts.”“Constant or coming in waves?”“Both. It started sharp. Now it stays.”“Where exactly?”I hesitated, then rested my hand lightly below my navel. “Here. It started at school. Sharp at first. Now it’s… lower. Constant.”He nodded and drew the chair closer. The legs made a soft sound against the