LXIX

It took a whole lot to convince Everly that Arabella was fine. She was bothered about what Ava would say. Arabella had spent barely a week and she was already getting injured. She loves the company of the young girl and does not want the mom to get paranoid about it and ask her to come back home.

She had to report the incident to her friend. Despite the pleas from her son and Arabella she still went ahead to tell Ava about how injured her daughter was. Trust a mom to exaggerate the situation.

Ava demanded a video call to see her daughter. She did not believe that her daughter fell down the stairs. At the end of the day they both went with the easy option because they had no intention of over-explaining anything.

"Mom any can fall down the stairs," Arabella said the nth time.

"If you insist," Ava said shortly. "So you spent your day in the hospital? Barely three days after starting at your new place of work?"

"Shouldn't you be more bothered about my well-being than my place of wor