Ava's Ambition and the Cosmic Edge

The first time I saw Victor, he was just another street punk, slick with blood.

The only clean thing about him was the raw, clumsy sincerity in his eyes.

He tattooed my name over his heart. Later, when he seized

power, he gifted me half the waterfront as a wedding present.

Everyone in the city knew I, Ava Costello, was his everything. Until today,

when the little starlet Victor was keeping shimmied into my home. Miss Costello,

are you going to walk out of here with your dignity or are you going

to wait for my son to grow up and throw you out? Ava,