Chapter 340

Ava's POV I stared at my phone for the hundredth time, scrolling through the unanswered texts I'd sent to both my mother and grandmother. Ten days of silence. Not a single response. Not even a "busy, talk later" text. "Come on, Mom," I whispered, hitting the call button again. The phone rang endlessly before going to voicemail. I hung up without leaving another message—what was the point? All the previous ones had gone unanswered. "Seriously, what the hell?" I muttered, tossing my phone onto the couch. Something was wrong. Very wrong. My mother and I had our occasional arguments and squabbles, but she would never go this long without contacting me. Even when I had a cold war with my mother over my ex-boyfriend Isaac and ran away from home, my mother never cut off contact with me. "Talking to yourself again?" Nina's voice startled me as she walked out from her bedroom, looking fresh. Her hair was wrapped in a towel, and she wore a fluffy bathrobe that made her look smaller than she was.