Ava stayed completely still ass Andreios hugged her body against his, stunned & ripped away from grasping her mother. Her father did this? Why would he do such a terrible thing to her mother, to his own wife, even? No one could be that heartless!

"Don't say that!" Ava told Andreios angrily, "We need to get Mama help, she's going to die! I can't... I can't let Mama die!"