GET OUT OF MY WAY!

Ava sighed softly as she gaped at Matilda. Sure enough, she shouldn't be surprised by her behavior. She didn't even know why she was shocked. None of them had informed her of her old man's accident. And if Fiddlestick hadn't called, she still would've been left in the dark.

"I'm here to see grandfather," she said with a small frown. "I don't need anyone's permission to check up on him."

Matilda looked Ava up and down. "Where have you been?!"

Ava pressed her lips into a thin line, fighting the urge to sigh exasperatedly. She knew what was coming next, even if she was afraid of admitting it. Matilda wanted trouble and she needed a reason for it. Saying she stayed at the Moore's resident was only going to make things harder for her.

"I was with Maximus," she said the first thing that came to her mind.