Ava’s POV
Two days had passed, but the weight on my chest only seemed to grow heavier. School hadn’t been any easier either. I spent the day dragging myself from one class to another, pretending to listen, pretending to laugh, pretending to be fine, but I know I wasn’t a little bit fine.
I have found a way to escape from Vanessa's torment, but I can’t do that forever. I have to find a way to escape her finally. But how?
I have stood up for myself the other day, but that can’t continue forever.
I brushed the thought away, trying to ease myself before I’d get home. Knowing fully my stepmom is going to be sitting inside the sitting room waiting for the money I promised her.
By the time I got home, my mind was numb. All I wanted was to drop everything, lock myself in my room, and fall
