Chapter One-Hundred-and-Fifteen.

Adrian's P O V

Black has always been my favorite.

But right now that I had it on alongside everyone else, it feels more like a plague.

Ava's cute little dress didn't get a chance to shine because the look on her face was that of grave sadness.

She's certainly the bravest girl ever but I still wished there was anything at all, just a single thing I could do to brighten her even if a little.

My eyes left Ava for my Mom who looked to be the most affected by the turn of events.

Her tear sunken eyes looked as red and broken as ever and all I could do was gaze.

Ralph stood afar off with Brittany wearing somewhat matching expressions on their faces and Fred stood nearby them with his wife's face buried in his chest.

I swallowed hard after carefully studying each of them.

I found myself in distress but not so much that I couldn't notice Jordan wasn't anywhere in sight.

I recalled the last place I had seen her and thought she could still be there and after I took a number of steps away from t