CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE - Mending Fences with Borrowed Time

Then, one by one, they began to join in. Soon, the room was filled with the sound of laughter, echoing off the water-logged walls. As Ava sat there, surrounded by her soaking wet, absolutely bonkers family, she realized that despite all the craziness - or perhaps because of it - there was nowhere else she'd rather be. The blaring of sirens jolted Ava from her sleep. She groaned, rubbing her eyes as she glanced at the clock. 6:30 AM. Way too early for any Hart family drama. "What now?" she muttered, stumbling out of bed and towards her window. Red and blue lights flashed in the driveway, illuminating a police cruiser. Ava threw on a robe and rushed downstairs, nearly colliding with her cousin Freddy in the hallway. "What's going on?" she asked. Freddy shrugged, his bedhead defying gravity. "Dunno. But I heard Uncle Bob yelling something about Bessie." "Oh no," Ava groaned. "Not again." They reached the bottom of the stairs to find Uncle Bob, still in his pajamas, arguing with tw