When she heard Madeline asking her this, Ava felt as if her heartstrings had been tugged by something abruptly.

“Maddie, why are you asking that?” Ava was so nervous that she even stuttered a little when she spoke. As she asked, she took out her phone. “I talked with Danny last night. Maddie, look.”

She handed the phone to Madeline nervously.

“He was fine when he was talking to me last night. How could something have happened today?”

Madeline hurriedly calmed Ava's emotions. “Ava, don't be