Avery didn’t seem too happy when Steven left, although she never looks happy, because of what he had said before he left, making her feel unwanted as she told Roland. He gave her an explanation as to why he acted the way he did. [i]“It isn’t that, he’s just ticked off at me right now. He’ll get over it anyway.”[/i] He then continued over towards the sofa that Avery was sitting on and decided to sit next to her.

He tried to relax himself and sighed for a moment because he knew what was to be brought up next, but hopefully Avery would cooperate with him so that he could help her out of the mess she was in. [i]“So….”[/i] he said, speaking to her in a low tone so he wouldn’t upset her or get her angry or ball up against the corner again,[i] “about what you told me……it’s all true, isn’t it?”[/i] He hoped that she could just be lying or telling stories because an abusive parent is something frightening and awful. He has had troubles in his past as well, but nothing as bad as the situation with Avery. He then decided to scoot over a little towards her, hoping that she would give him an honest answer.