Chapter Twenty Two: You Don't Stand a Chance

Ava

For some reason, I was feeling extremely restless all through the night, and I could barely get any sleep because of how restless I felt.

There were several thoughts in my head at the same time, and no matter how hard I tried to disregard my thoughts and get some rest, it wasn't working because my mind would automatically go back to the things that were bothering me, and I couldn't help but question a lot of things that I usually don't use to question.

After tossing and turning all through the night without getting any sleep, it was finally morning, and the first thing I did as soon as I realized it was morning was head downstairs, hoping that I'd run into my mom, with whom I haven't spoken in over two days.

Thankfully, she was in the kitchen like I hoped she'd be, and as soon as she saw me, she threw me a dirty look, which wasn't surprising since this was a typical reaction I got from her whenever she was upset about something.

"Good morning," I managed to greet her, n