On the other side of town and in the Mush household.
"Thank you for coming, Ava," Abi smiled warmly at her. She and her husband were unable to sleep a wink the previous night because of Brianna's issue. Her husband, Abram, wanted to get Brianna out of the locked room, but this time, Abi was adamant.
As a woman, she understood what her daughter wanted to do, and she didn't like it one bit, but she was still a bit inclined to her daughter's requests. The older couple had a rare argument because of their spoilt child, and Abi was getting restless about it. Their daughter was almost twenty-three, and Abi knew that they could not continue to indulge Brianna's whims like they had been doing since she was a child. But old habits are indeed hard to change.
"Hello, auntie," Ava greeted politely and saw Abi nod.
"Help me talk some sense into her this time."
