Baby Ava
“What the fuck is he doing here?” Rowan booms, his cold grey eyes shooting daggers at Ethan.

I was really not in the mood deal with his tantrums. Yes he was there for me yesterday, but that doesn’t mean he has a say on who is in my home.

Theo or should I say my dad clears his throat. It was going to take some time to get used to the idea of calling him dad.

The sound of his voice pulls everyone’s eyes to him.

Theo Howell?” Rowan says in surprise but he quickly hides it. “What are you doing here?”

Rowan looks between all of us. His eyes moving from Theo and Nora then back at me. Slowly connecting the dots.

“It’s been a while Rowan, though I can’t say that I am pleased with how you’ve treated my daughter Theo says with a dangerous smile on his lips.

“What he means to say is, we’re downright pissed off with the way you and your family has treated our daughter and we can’t see ourselves having such business partners” Nora adds. She doesn’t smile and for the first time since she came to my house, I feel hostility and hatred radiating off her.

“How’s this possible? Travis has shock written all over his face

Like I said, everyone in the country knows who the Howell’s are. They may like to keep their life private, but they’re still known.

“Oh, trust me darling anything in this world is possible” Nora says glaring at him. Fire burning behind her eyes.

I look at Emma and she too had a shocked expression. Her mouth hang open in disbelief. If she

wasn’t careful she would catch a fly

“Can we just get this over with so that you may all leave?” I ask looking directly at him.

He nods his head and pulls out his laptop. He sets it down and we gather around it. He doesn’t

waste any time skyping mother. Soon her face fills the screen.

“We’re all here mom” Emma tells her and she nods her head.

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“How are you, Ava?” she asks slowly.

I don’t know why she all over sudden cared about me when she hasn’t for more than twenty years

of my life.

“Just say what you want to say, no need for the fake pleasantries”

She looks hurt, but at this point I just don’t care. I wasn’t going to play along to whatever it is she

was trying to do. She was too late to fix was what was broken.

She takes a calming breath before beginning. “You came to us when you were weeks old, but we

didn’t adapt you until you were about fifteen months old”

“What do you mean?”

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“We had a wonderful housekeeper. She had worked for us for years. She wanted a family but she

couldn’t imagine herself bearing another man’s child. You see, her husband died after seven years

of marriage and she never recovered. They were planning to start a family the year he died, they

felt they were financially stable. All that was taken away from her when a drunk driver ran her

husband over” she explains.

“Winnie wanted a child, but didn’t want to ever get married again or have artificial insemination so

she settled on adaption. About a month after she made that decision, she was called by her

mother. She was told that the preacher of their church found a baby outside the church and was

wondering if anyone wanted to adopt her” 1

We all look at each other. Was it a coincidence? Was the preacher Winnie’s mother was talking

about, my grandfather? It was too much to be just a coincidence.

Mother continues. “She took a one week break and went back to her home town to get the baby.

We expected her back a week after, but she ended up taking two weeks, but finally she got the

baby and came back. No one knew who the baby’s mother was and had no identification on her.

The preacher said it was probably a scared teen that gave birth and left the baby there”

“Since there wasn’t an issue, the social worker allowed Winnie to come back with the child as she

prepared the paper works for adoption. The baby was a blessing to Winnie, she named her Ava.

That baby she adopted was you” mother says looking at me before continuing “I had not seen her

that happy since her husband died. It’s like Ava breathed life back into her and Winnie adored her.

Loved her like she was her own”

She pauses and I take a moment to digest what she just told us. Winnie seems like a great woman.

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“If she loved me like you say, why didn’t she raise me? How did I end up as part of the Sharp

family?”

“About a year after she got you, she was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer. The doctors told

her it was too late for her and that she only had a few months to live. Before she died, she asked us

to take you in. To adopt you. We didn’t want to, we already had two children and we didn’t want

anymore”

Something must have happened because I ended up with them.

me in if you

Travis was two years he managed to get

it, he was about to cross the road. There

him in time, I screamed

did it, or where she was or how she

for two months. They

because

deep breath before letting it out. “We accepted her

compensate her it would never have been

she went through. So when she died,

You should have tossed me in an orphanage.

been kinder than the life

remember ever having a good memory with

misery.

woman. Do you know how many

ask, sneering me in my

before I shut it up for you permanently.” I hiss, my

you stupid comments. I slept with

the fuck up. It disgusting watching a thirty year old woman throwing

year old. Noah behaves more mature

surprises everyone. Emma looks

it’s Nora. I look

they were sitting right next

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pay for that damn mistake. I suggest you move on and leave the past where it is. You talk to my daughter like that ever again and you will not like

Nobody ever has well except for Letty. It feels

again. I felt the

spine.

clears her voice, pulling our attention back to her. “I know how we treated you over the years wasn’t fair and I’m so sorry. More than you’ll

a little too late for your apologies now. I really don’t want to hear it and neither do I want anything to do with any of you”

had already been said and done. It was better this way. Maybe one day

the pain

here” Theo speaks up. “I don’t care

agree that your contempt for my daughter

my words, you will pay for every tear she shed

spent suffering in your

something dangerous. It chokes the air and

Howell isn’t someone you

Howell”

beg? You didn’t care

daughter any?” Nora hisses at mother. Pure hatred reflecting in

eyes.

She looks down

should all leave” I say staring at

they came to do and their time was up. They stare

and then

again. Your enemies are our enemies and we

you will pay. No

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love you, my beautiful angel. Always know that”

felt great to have someone backing me up.

those that hurt me? And even if I did, would they hurt Ethan for

turn against their son for

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doing here?” Rowan booms, his cold

his tantrums. Yes he was there for

say my dad clears his throat. It was going to take some time to get used to the idea of

sound of his voice pulls everyone’s eyes to

surprise but he

from Theo and Nora then

though I can’t say that I am pleased with how

ourselves having such business partners” Nora adds. She doesn’t smile and for the first time since she

Travis has shock written all over his

the Howell’s are. They may like to keep their life private, but they’re

trust me darling anything in this world is possible” Nora

shocked

she would catch a

so that you may all leave?” I ask looking directly at

pulls out his laptop. He sets it down and we gather around it. He

mother. Soon her face

tells

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Ava?” she

all over sudden cared about me

of my life.

to say,

care. I wasn’t going to play along to whatever

to do. She was too late to fix was

came

until you

“What do you mean?”

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housekeeper. She had worked for us for years. She wanted a

bearing another man’s child. You see, her

planning to start a family the

financially stable. All that was taken away from her when a drunk driver

husband over” she explains.

wanted a child, but didn’t want to ever get married again or have artificial insemination

on adaption. About a month after she

was told that the preacher of their church found a baby outside the church

if anyone wanted to adopt her”

a

too much to be

“She took a one week break and went back to her home town to get

expected her back a week after, but she ended up taking two weeks, but finally she got

knew who the baby’s mother was

a scared teen that gave birth and

the social worker allowed Winnie to come back

The baby was a blessing to

mother says looking at me

died. It’s like Ava breathed life back into her and Winnie adored

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