The Traps of Black Swan

Ava saw Grace lost in her thoughts looking in the mirror so she poked her, "You enjoy the evening, I won't come." She placed the dress on the bed and was ready to grab her top and pant but Grace stopped her quickly.

Grace's task was to get her to the club and drug her before sending her to a hotel room. Hence she was ready with all the lies and acts to take Ava Kelly with her.

"You won't come? Ava" She cried, "I am doing all this for you. How long are you going to cry for that bastard who ditched you on the wedding day?" Grace didn't think twice to call Vance a bastard cause she was angry at him too.

'Cry for that bastard?' Ava knew it was Vance Hays. She wanted to say she wasn't the least bit sad or hurt due to him. From beginning to end, she only did everything for her parents.

For Ava, Vance was a total stranger compared to his grandfather or mother. Vance hardly spoke to her other than saying she doesn't look good in whatever she chose else he used to stay silent. 

Ava always tried to start a general conversation while shopping but hearing him say no to everything she liked, she had just picked what he had pointed so that her parents would be happy.

After it, Ava didn't know what to talk to Vance so she used to think about her work even when they traveled in the same car or sat for dinner or lunch. Hence how could she be sad when the man never made a place in her life other than sweetly saying what she should do. Anyhow those sweet words also didn't make space in her heart.

Grace, who had assumed Ava loved Vance Hays and she had successfully snatched him away from Ava, continued to flatter her. "It's his loss, not yours. Your parents are just angry, they will be fine. So let's cheer your mood. I want my smiling happy Ava back."

'Happiness?' When was she truly happy for herself? Ava had no recollection of it other than silently crying in her rooms.

Her facade of a smile is what everyone knows so she assumed she again has to be Little Ava who smiled hiding her all the pain, who smiled just so nobody worries for her, who smiled so that her parents don't call her jinx, who smiled because other one smiles too.

Now Ava will smile because she doesn't want others to know she has broken down. She will smile because she has to be strong. She will smile to keep her problems to herself and face the people.

Grace saw her breath out loudly and smiled. That smile which holds the attention of the viewer, that smile which was filled with gentleness and kind shimmering her black orbs.

Grace's lips twitched to ask 'Were you acting before?' Ava nowhere looked like a bride whose groom didn't reach the wedding hall but was happy.

'Is it so easy to move on? I will do everything to wipe off that smile. Ava Kelly, you just wait and see.' Grace Wells was resolute on destroying Ava by taking proofs of her with the old hag ravishing her.

Grace wanted to leave no way out for Ava Kelly and prove what Vance Hays and his parents spread the rumors to turn true. She wasn't ready to take the chance if that old lecher turned in the favor of Ava.

Without letting Ava to turndown again, "Please, please… I want to see you enjoy the evening like how you do with those new friends." She meant Shawn and Dax.

Ava Kelly shook her head resignedly, "They aren't new. They are my friends." Ava knew Grace doesn't like Dax and Shawn but she had assumed it was because Grace thinks those two are closer to Ava.

But the fact was, Ava Kelly was actually close to Dax and Shawn who sees through her fake smiles and never forces her to be what she is not or never forces her to smile when she isn't cheerful at all. Instead, they would do all the drama to make her laugh while accepting her every side.

"Whatever, you are coming with me and that's final." Grace grumpily said knowing it works on Ava. 

Grace doesn't like Dax because he had directly shown his disgust towards her and Shawn, she had tried to get near him from the time she saw him with Ava but he ignored Grace like an invisible insect around Ava.

Ava breathed a sigh and wore the copper brown short dress that reached above her knees. It was in an A-line dress hugging her waist and spread below. The boat neck pattern was just below her collarbones but the center of the neckline had a sharp V slit that reached her cleavage but didn't look sloppy or revealing due to her proportioned bosoms fitting in perfectly in the corset of the dress.

Ava quickly blow-dried her hair and stood up while Grace was grinding her teeth. She wanted Ava to look flaunting yet gross but didn't expect her to look graceful and elegant.

Grace knew Ava won't wear exposing clothes hence she chose deep V but it adorned her slender body as though the dress was made for her. To ruin her look to avoid adoring gazes on Ava, she tried, "Ava, makeup… I will do…"

However, Ava turned down by cutting in, "Nope, I don't want any makeup." Ava never fancied make-up or liked to look flashy or perfect. She was comfortable in her skin and didn't want to impress anyone so again she turned down when Grace tried.

"The dresses are compulsory for girls to the club and I am wearing it. If you say makeup, I won't go with you to the club." Ava Stubbornness won hence Grace's plan to make her look inviting to the lecherous eyes failed.

At the Club,

Cursing Ava by looking at the admiration of men only at Ava, Grace sat with Ava on the bar counter. She never wanted to be a wall poster next to Ava but she always felt it.

Ava was versed about the club due to Shawn's passion for Disco-Jockey. She ordered for herself and Grace who never heard that drink name just said the same.

Ava's drink was like her actual mood, sour which Grace felt like throwing up but controlled for a few sips and dragged Ava on the dance floor to wait for the man arranged by Vance to reach the bar counter.

Ava hardly moved while Grace tried her all to gather the attention, however she failed. It was a high scale, top club and there were numerous beautiful girls hence her efforts were ruined.

They were returning to sit on the chair and that's when Vance Hays appeared in front of them.

Grace's face darkened because Vance was told to stay away. She was incensed thinking what if Vance was the one who was going to devour drugged Ava Kelly.

Her actual anger was used to show Ava Kelly as Grace was talking on her behalf, "You- you still…"

However, Ava Kelly just walked off leaving Vance Hays and Grace Wells frozen. 

Vance wanted Ava to react however she wanted, angry or sad or contempt. He just wanted her to talk to him but she ignored him without batting an eyelid. How can he not be frustrated, especially seeing her unaffected?

Since Ava was far, Grace asked, controlling to show the real anger bubbling in her, "Don't tell me you want to sleep with her."

Vance frowned hearing her hateful tone with a similar gaze but soon assumed she was acting that for Ava Kelly, "No. Go and drug her."

Only Vance knew it was Leon Harmon and he didn't tell Grace due to her loose tongue and it was also ordered by Leon Harmon.

Grace demanded irritatingly witnessing Vance's gentle behavior had bitterness due to the ignorance of Ava and his eyes were glued to Ava's back. "I want proof of that old man sleeping with this vixen. Go fix a hidden camera."

Vance's eyes returned to Grace's face who quickly put on a soft pleading face. 'A hidden camera in Leon Harmon's room? Unless I want to die.' He thought but didn't respond other than sending her towards Ava handing a small pouch that had drugs.

Grace wasn't scared, instead, she wanted to poison Ava and see her dying so she stormed and grabbed a glass from a waiter and dropped the whole powder to the glass.

As soon as she reached Ava, she put on a gentle smile, "A lovely drink for my pretty lady. Let's bottoms up." She said cheerfully, exchanging the glass.

Ava saw the whiskey glass, "I don't drink this." but saw Grace's face fall and sulk looking so Ava squeezed her eyes and drank the whole before popping salted nuts to mouth to minimize the taste of it.

"Happy now?" Ava asked Grace by seeing her beam as she chuckled. 

Ava's alcohol tolerance wasn't so low so she knew she could hold little whiskey without a problem although bottoms-up isn't recommended for whiskey.

Anyhow the drug didn't take long to start affecting. Her vision turned slowly blurry and the music felt too louder giving her a headache.

It wasn't the first time Ava was drinking. She was many times drunk when she was with Dax and Shawn, once with Zain but this reaction was new to her. Confused about what was happening to her, she assumed she might be dizzy due to drinks on her low appetite.

She patted Grace's arm leaning her head on the couch. Her voice was ailing, "Grace… Let's leave. I am feeling unwell."

Grace smirked for achieving the first step towards her goal. She so wanted the drug to take complete effect and see Ava pounce on a random man. 

'That will be exclusively thrilling.' She thought and looked around to call for an ugly looking man.