Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 56

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.

did you take me in if

Travis was two years he managed to

he was about to cross the road. There was an incoming

I screamed in

she was or how she moved. She saved Travis that

in a coma for two months. They amputated her

limp since then because of the

a deep breath before letting it out. “We accepted her request because we felt

As much as we tried to compensate her it would never have been enough for saving

she went through. So

wish you hadn’t. You should have tossed me in an orphanage.

kinder than the life I lived

with them.

misery.

woman. Do you know how many people would kill to

you led?” Emma ask, sneering me

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

slept

the fuck up. It disgusting watching a thirty year old

two year old. Noah behaves more mature

Emma looks down, her cheeks a shade of

and realize that it’s Nora.

they were sitting right

”

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surely made her pay for that damn mistake. I suggest you move on and leave the past where it is.

that she would stand up for me. Nobody ever has well except for Letty. It feels weird but

up before looking back down again. I felt

spine.

know how we treated you over the years wasn’t fair and I’m so sorry. More

stop. Like I told your son, it’s 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

done. It was better this way. Maybe one

now, the pain was just too

said and done, we’re done here” Theo speaks up.

that your contempt for my daughter started way before she

you will pay for every tear

she spent suffering in

with something dangerous. It chokes

Theo Howell isn’t someone you

Mr. Howell” mother

daughter beg? You didn’t care did you? Why

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

eyes.

doesn’t say anything. She looks

all leave” I say staring

did what they came to do and their time was up. They

and then

about anything ever again. Your enemies

those who fight you. Everyone who has hurt you will pay. No

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my beautiful angel. Always know that” Nora adds

felt great to have someone

me? And even if I did,

turn against their

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is he doing here?” Rowan booms, his cold grey eyes shooting daggers

not in the mood deal with his tantrums. Yes he was there for me yesterday, but that doesn’t mean he has a say

It was going to take some time to get used to the

sound of his voice

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

moving from Theo and

say that I am pleased with how you’ve

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

possible? Travis has shock written

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

possible” Nora says glaring at him. Fire burning behind her

at Emma and she too had a shocked

would catch a

over with so that you may all leave?”

his head and pulls out his laptop. He sets it

any time skyping mother. Soon

tells her and she nods

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Ava?” she

over sudden cared about me

of my life.

say, no need for the fake

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

She was too late to fix was what was

“You came to us when you

you were about

“What do you mean?”

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had a wonderful housekeeper. She had worked for us

man’s child. You see,

marriage and she never recovered. They were planning to start a family

financially stable. All that was taken

husband over” she explains.

to ever get married again or

adaption. About a month after she

their church found a baby outside

wanted

other. Was it a

It was too much to be

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

she ended up taking two weeks,

No one knew who the baby’s mother was and had no identification

teen that gave birth and left

there wasn’t an issue, the social worker allowed Winnie to come back

adoption. The baby was a blessing to Winnie, she

you” mother says looking at me before continuing

died. It’s like Ava breathed life back

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