Chapter 12: SMALL BEGINNINGS, BIG GOD
**AVA’S POV*
She wasn’t conscious till the next day.
So I went home. Made breakfast I couldn’t eat. Changed into clothes that didn’t feel like mine. Then I drove back to the hospital with a heart that felt heavier than the Lagos traffic.
Inside the car, the silence broke me.
I started sobbing. Quiet at first. Then the kind that shakes your shoulders and makes your ribs ache. The driver noticed. He didn’t say a word. He just drove slower, like he was giving my pain room to breathe.
Then a word dropped in my heart. Clear. Loud. Like it wasn’t mine.
_“Do not despise the fear of small beginnings. You will win.”_
I cried louder.
“Ma’am, are you alright? Do you need space?” the driver asked. His voice was gentle. Like he could feel ev
