THE LOST TRUSTJake drove in utmost silence, thinking seriously.To him, he felt Ava had something she was not telling him.He wondered why Ava had suddenly accepted his offer on the second visit he made to her when she was in prison.Now that she was out of jail, she was vigorously supporting Ethan and defending him at all costs.Jake had a strange feeling that Ava was with her for a reason.To him, Ava had only accepted his offer on his second visit without any hesitation because she might have had an encounter with Ethan.In his account, Ava might have had a deal with Ethan even before she went to jail.It could be that she had had a conversation with Ethan, and Ethan had decided to accept her back with the condition of delivering him to Ethan.Maybe that was why Ethan had pleaded on her behalf for her to get only forty days in jail as her sentence.Maybe that was the same reason she had agreed to come home with her.Jake feared for his life.If all of his assumptions were true, th

POOR DECISIONS, BAD RESULTSAva sat on the couch the whole day, occasionally standing to check the surroundings to see if anybody was around she could call for help.After hours and hours of waiting, she finally gave up.She went to get a plate of food left over from the previous day, warmed it and ate it.Around 6 pm, she was dozing off on the couch when she heard the sound of a car engine.She quickly stood up to check and realised that Jake was finally back.Jake unlocked the door from the outside.He stood at the doorway with a straight face, staring at Ava.“Are you ready to tell me the truth?” He asked in the campest voice.“I have no contact with Ethan, please,” Ava said softly, pleading with him.Jake did not say anything, instead, he went inside the room and came out with a small bag belonging to Ava.It was the same bag she had come out of the prison with the previous day.“You are not ready to tell the truth, and I am not going to take chances with you. You can even kill me

THE MYSTERIOUS HELPERAva opened her eyes slowly to the bright light in the room.She thought she was dead, but it turned out she was not.Looking around her, she realised she was in a hospital.There were a few other beds right beside her with people lying on them.Some of them had a few computers beside them.Ava wondered how she got there.She tried to sit up, but her body failed as she was in pain.“Hello,” she said in a clear voice.Some of the people in their beds turned to look at her. A few seconds later, a nurse walked into the ward with a smile on her face.“Hello, miss. You are awake already,” the nurse said with a smile.“Who brought me here?” Ava asked.“A man brought you in last night. You fainted on the road.You fainted from exhaustion and weakness,” the nurse explained.Ava heaved a sigh.“Who is that man? Can I see him, please?” Ava asked as she tried to sit up once again; this time, she succeeded, but not without pains in her body as she did so.“Unfortunately, ma'