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.

you take me in if

“When Travis was two years he managed

to cross the road. There was an incoming car and

him in time, I screamed in fear, My fear must have alerted

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

They amputated her right hand because

had a limp since then because of the permanent njury

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

As much as we tried to compensate her it would never

So when she died, we adopted

hadn’t. You should have tossed me in

kinder than the life I lived with

remember ever having a good memory with

misery.

such an ungrateful woman. Do you know how many people would

led?” Emma ask, sneering me

your fucking mouth Emma before I shut it up for

heard enough of you stupid comments. I slept with your damn

It disgusting watching a thirty

year old. Noah behaves

surprises everyone. Emma looks down, her cheeks a shade of

feel hands hold me, and realize that it’s Nora. I look up at

they were sitting right next to

”

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suggest you

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

down again. I felt the Nora’s threat and it sent

spine.

attention back to her. “I know how we treated you over the years wasn’t fair

now. I really don’t want

had already been said and done. It was better

for now, the pain was

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

contempt for my daughter started

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

she spent suffering in your

with something dangerous. It chokes

Theo Howell isn’t someone you cross.

Howell” mother

daughter beg? You didn’t

any?” Nora hisses at mother. Pure

eyes.

say anything. She

think you should all leave” I say staring at

do and their time was up. They stare

and then Ethan

about anything ever again. Your enemies are our enemies and

has hurt you will pay. No one will

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angel. Always know that” Nora adds before doing

felt great to have someone backing me up. Question is,

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

willing to turn

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he doing here?” Rowan booms, his cold grey

his tantrums. Yes he was there for

was going to take some time to get used

voice pulls everyone’s eyes to

Rowan says in surprise but he quickly hides

us. His eyes moving from Theo and Nora then back

pleased with how you’ve treated my

the way you and your family has treated our daughter and we can’t see ourselves having such

shock written

the Howell’s are. They may like to

this world is possible” Nora says glaring at

she too had a shocked expression. Her mouth

would catch

with so that you may all leave?” I ask

laptop. He sets it down and we

Soon her face

tells her

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are you, Ava?”

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

of my life.

what you want to say, no

at this point I just don’t care.

was too late to

breath before beginning. “You came to us

you until you were about

“What do you mean?”

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housekeeper. She had worked for us

imagine herself bearing another man’s child. You see,

never recovered. They were planning to start a family the year

stable. All that was taken away from her when a

husband over” she explains.

a child, but didn’t want to ever get married again or

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

was told that the preacher of their church found a baby

anyone wanted to adopt

a coincidence? Was the preacher Winnie’s mother was

grandfather? It was too

and went back to her home town to

ended up taking two weeks,

came back. No one knew who the

a scared teen that

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

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

mother says looking at me before continuing

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

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