Chapter 0186

Ava sat on the floor, her back resting on the queen-size mattress, her shirt, and black undies a stark contrast to the darkness that consumed her.

She gazed out the window, the moon's gentle light casting an ethereal glow on her skin. Her eyes, weak and watery from crying, seemed to hold a thousand unspoken words. The tears had long since dried, but the pain remained, a constant ache that refused to subside.

As she stared into the night sky, her hands rose to her hair, her fingers tangling in the tangled locks. She felt lost, alone, and adrift in a world that seemed determined to crush her. The silence was oppressive, punctuated only by the occasional hoot of an owl or the distant hum of a car.

And then, a whisper seemed to caress her ear, the voice like a cold breeze on a winter's night. "Why don’t you just kill yourself? Kill yourself, Ava. Your father is gone, your mother might die soon, and your best friend is dead. What's the point of living?" The words hung in the air, a malign