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.

in

“When Travis was two years he managed to get out

realized it, he was about to cross

I couldn’t get to him in time, I screamed in fear, My fear must have alerted Winnie. I

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

in a coma for two months. They

also had a limp since then because of the permanent

out. “We accepted her request because we

tried to compensate her it

So when she died,

hadn’t. You

been kinder than the life I lived

memory with

misery.

Do you know

led?” Emma ask, sneering

shut it up

comments. I slept with your damn boyfriend, get the fuck over

disgusting watching a thirty year old woman throwing a hissy fight like

old. Noah behaves more mature than

surprises everyone. Emma looks down, her cheeks

Nora. I look up at her

were sitting right

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you move on and

well except for Letty. It feels weird but good at the

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

spine.

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

now. I really don’t want to hear it and neither do I want anything to do with any of you” I simply

It was better this way. Maybe one day I will be

for now, the

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

agree that your contempt for my

of sleeping with Rowan. Mark my words, you will

suffering in your

filled with something dangerous. It chokes the

isn’t someone you

Howell” mother

did my daughter beg? You didn’t care did you? Why should we show

any?” Nora hisses

eyes.

doesn’t say anything. She looks down in

you should all leave” I

to do and their time was up. They stare

follows and

worry about anything ever again. Your enemies are our enemies and we

fight you. Everyone who has hurt you will pay. No one will ever cause

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Always know that”

have someone backing

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

and Theo willing to turn

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the fuck is he doing here?” Rowan booms, his cold

for me yesterday, but that doesn’t mean he has a say on who

his throat. It was going to take some time to get used to the idea

sound of his voice pulls

in surprise but he quickly hides

of us. His eyes moving from Theo and

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

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

shock written all over his

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

anything in this world is possible” Nora says glaring

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

careful she would

just get this over with so that you

He sets it down and we gather around it.

any time skyping mother. Soon

here mom” Emma tells

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Ava?” she

sudden cared about me when

of my life.

to say, no need

care. I wasn’t

do. She was too

breath before beginning. “You came to us when you were weeks old, but

adapt you until you were

“What do you mean?”

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She had worked for

herself bearing another man’s child. You see,

planning

financially stable. All that was taken away from her when

husband over” she explains.

a child, but didn’t want to ever get

after she made that decision, she was

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

anyone wanted to

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

my grandfather? It was too much to

week break and went back to her home

week after, but she ended up taking two weeks, but finally she

back. No one knew who the baby’s

a scared teen that gave birth and left the baby

worker allowed Winnie to come back with

was a

says looking at

died. It’s like Ava breathed

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