For What It's Worth

e, silently trying to fathom if she was r

of her biological parents in a plane crash during one of their business trips and her shuttling from one foster home to another until she was finally accepted by a couple who had also lost their daughter the same age t

we leaving

ed painfully as he recalled the text that jolted him to full consciousness that morning. Beads of perspiration rolled down his forehead, he stole a distressed glance in the direction of his phone not daring to turn it on. For weeks he had fought to keep the threats from the dealer a secret from his family but things were escalating, the ultimatum to ship in

lence he could hear the door creak open as Rachel strode in, her bathrobe hu

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vigating through the crowded sidewalks, they passed by the park attendant who was controlling the traffic and some hurrying sho

desired items with Ava trailing behind them eyes glued to the sc

the store across the street for the tool

elf" Hunter spoke up almost immediately, a slight

should go, she's quite familiar with the process" Rachel insisted and to Ava

ur phone for a moment, young lady" H

whitewashed walls and a signpost with an inscription of the address and service type, was flanked by a bank on the left and a restaurant on the right. Sweeping an uninterested glance across its width, sh

ng frantically to grab her attention. Suddenly a car revved against the traffic weaving its way neatly between other cars. Several gunshots fired simultaneously into the air halted Ava in her tracks, an uproar ensued as people scampered for safety but not Ava. Panic stricken with a mind a

hey scurried into their hideouts amidst the spontaneous firin

nd ears drumming from the bangs and terrified screams. A sudden jerk on her shoulder jolted her back to reality the same time another shot rented the air. Rachel had shoved the trolley aside and ran towards Ava with Hunter trailing further behind her. Initially when he heard t

adling her face. They were kneeling behind one of the delivery trucks that

when she noticed the blood stains on Ava's shirt but Ava wasn't listening. A new wave of shock and horror shook through

t of Rachel's limp body. The last image on her mind before she gave into t