"My blessing?" Mrs. Connor's eyebrows rose high. After one blink, she sighed in resignation. "Your hallucinations are really bad, Ava."

Eva put on a pitiful look. "That's what I meant, Mom. You have to warn her. She could get worse if she doesn't get a serious warning."

Mrs. Connor nodded faintly. Her gaze then turned to her biological daughter. "If you kept mentioning your relationship with him, you better get out of my sight. Don't expect me to give you a blessing. You won't heed my ...