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When Ava opened her eyes, she found herself in an unfamiliar room.

She sat up and rubbed her eyes.

She looked around and realized that it was her new bedroom. She had shifted to her new home last night.

While yawning, she walked to the window. She stood there for a while and enjoyed the sunlight falling over her face.

Just as she stretched her arms, she whimpered in pain.

She rubbed her upper back with the back of her hand and strode to the dressing table. She turned her back to the mirror and rolled up her top to see her back.

She shut her eyes when she found the scars like tree branches. She felt pain in her back again.

She bit her bottom lip and let out a shaky breath.

"When will I get rid of this?"

No matter how much she wanted to forget about the rejection, the pain and these scars, they would never let her do so.

She tried to ignore her pain and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

She looked around the bathroom, and a small smile reached her lips.

She stepped into the bathtub
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