Chapter 21 - Involved

Ava's POV

I felt like my head was up in the clouds; I felt so light, and right now, I think I'm really dying. Could this be the end of it all? An escape from my reality? I can only be dead to see my mother. Right?

"Ava," a faint voice had called me from afar.

"Mother," I called, but another voice seemed to be distracting me from hearing from her.

"Ava, wake up," I felt a hand shook me so hard, and in a flash, I felt everything go off. The lights, the sonorous, and the echoing sounds, and I was back to reality. At the window where I almost tripped off with Sandra in front of me. And the last drop of tears in my eyes fell on my cheeks.

"Mother," I called, with my eyes trickling down with water.

"I saw my--"

"I would advise you not to do that here. My brother shouldn't be seeing this." Sandra warned, lifting me from the ground, and wiping off my tears.

"Please...please don't tell him. Please...I'm begging you. I don't want him to know,"

"Hey, hey, calm down," Sandra ran her hands th