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.

take me in if you didn’t

“When Travis was two years

the time I realized it, he was about to cross the road. There was

couldn’t get to him in time, I screamed in fear,

it, or where she was or how she moved. She saved Travis that day, but

in a coma for two months. They amputated

because of the permanent njury

breath before letting it out.

we tried to compensate her it would never have

went through. So when

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

kinder than the life I lived

having a good memory with them. They were all bad, full of pain

misery.

know how many

ask, sneering me in

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

slept with your damn boyfriend, get the fuck

thirty year old woman throwing a

old. Noah behaves more

looks down, her cheeks a shade

that it’s Nora. I look up

were sitting right next to

”

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you move on and leave the

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

I felt the Nora’s

spine.

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

too late for your apologies now. I really don’t want to hear it and

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

but for now, the pain was just

it’s all said and done, we’re done here” Theo speaks up. “I don’t care

your contempt for my daughter started

of sleeping with Rowan. Mark my words, you will pay for every tear she shed and

suffering in your hands.”

dangerous. It chokes the air

isn’t someone you

Mr. Howell” mother

didn’t care did you? Why should

Nora hisses at mother. Pure hatred

eyes.

doesn’t say anything. She looks

you should all leave” I say staring at Travis and

do and their time was up. They stare at me

Rowan follows and then Ethan

have to worry about anything ever again. Your enemies are our enemies

has hurt you will pay. No one will ever cause

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you, my beautiful angel. Always know

someone backing

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

to turn against their son for

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

the mood deal with his tantrums. Yes he was there for me yesterday, but that

dad clears his throat. It was going to take some time

his voice

says in surprise but he quickly hides it.

us. His eyes moving from Theo and Nora then

I am pleased with how you’ve treated my daughter Theo says with a

ourselves having such business partners” Nora

this possible? Travis has shock

said, everyone in the country knows who the Howell’s are. They

trust me darling anything in this world is possible” Nora

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

she would catch a

over with so that you may all leave?” I ask

He sets it down and we gather around it.

mother. Soon her face fills the

tells her and she

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are you, Ava?”

all over sudden cared about me when she hasn’t for more

of my life.

you want to say,

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

She was too late

before beginning. “You came

until you were about fifteen months

“What do you mean?”

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

child. You

never recovered. They were planning to start a family the

was taken away from her when a drunk

husband over” she explains.

but didn’t want to ever get married again or

a month after she made that decision, she was called by

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

anyone wanted to adopt her”

each other. Was it a coincidence? Was the preacher Winnie’s mother was

It was too much to

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

ended

came back. No one knew who the baby’s

said it was probably a scared teen that gave birth and left

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

adoption. The baby was a blessing to Winnie,

looking at me before continuing “I had

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

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