Chapter 7

Ava's p.o.v

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 happened somewhere in a dark corner at the back of my mind. I would deal with it ay a later date.

Call me coward, but today I just want to be happy and forget about all the troubles. I wasn't ready to cry or think about any negative stuff. Today, any insult directed at me would get easily ignored. I swing my legs over the edge of my bed, carefully planting them on the carpeted floor. Checking the time on my phone, I realize I was going to be an hour late for work. Ignoring hunger that I felt and the rumbling of my empty stomach, I stripped off my clothes and walked straight to my bathroom.

The feeling of my feet connecting with the cold tried bathroom floor gave me a sense of wholeness. I tur