Brink of death

Nico saw frozen Vance staring at Dax Grant and Ms. Evans. "Vance!"

Vance helplessly sighed shaking his head, "Never heard, never seen. She was too simple and pure, Ms. Evans and Ava Kelly are a world apart." He said completely the truth.

Nico wanted to raise a question, 'If Ava Kelly is simple and pure, how can she be wanton?' He had a flicker of doubt about how Vance's statement in the past and present differed like opposite ends of the pole. 

Before Nico could doubt Vance, the latter realized what he said and added another line, "At least that's what she showed to us." What he said was the truth, Ava Kelly hid everything about her from everyone excluding Shawn, Dax, Apple Pie because others didn't accept her as she was and always obstructed her doing everything.