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Chapter 39 - Time To Face The Music (1)

Chapter 39: Time To Face The Music (1)

Ava pushed the empty tray away with a sigh of finality, as though finishing breakfast meant she had officially run out of excuses to delay. The smell of still-warm bread and the last trace of berry jam lingered faintly in the air of her cabin, but the comfort it brought couldn't mask the knot forming in her chest. "Alright," she murmured, rubbing her palms against her thighs as if psyching herself up. "Time to face the music. Or at least… time to face my very loud, very nosy family."

Cream Puff pulsed softly, floating at her shoulder with the same patient steadiness it always carried. "They will listen. You lead them."

"Guess that's my job, huh?" Ava said, forcing a grin that came out weaker than she hoped. "Boss Ava, breaker of bad news."

The orb gave a single approving hum. Then, without asking, it drifted toward the door, and a soft chime echoed through the space—an alert she'd already come to associate with "important things happening."

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