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.
why did you take me in if you didn’t want to?” I
was
was about to cross
I screamed in fear, My fear must have
she did it, or where she was or how she moved. She saved Travis that day,
up in a coma for two months. They amputated her right hand
limp since then because of the permanent njury
it out. “We
tried to compensate her it would never have been enough for
she went through. So
wish you hadn’t. You should have tossed me in an orphanage.
than the life I lived with
with them. They were
misery.
ungrateful woman. Do you know how many people
Emma ask, sneering me in my
shut it up
enough of you stupid comments. I slept with your damn boyfriend, get the fuck
It disgusting watching a thirty year old
behaves more
blow up surprises everyone. Emma looks down, her cheeks a
it’s Nora. I look up at her and she’s
sitting
”
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and you’ve all surely made her pay for that damn mistake. I suggest you move on and leave the past where it is. You talk to my
she would stand up for me. Nobody ever has well except for Letty. It feels weird but good at
felt the Nora’s threat and it sent chills
spine.
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
apologies now. I really don’t want to hear it and neither do I want anything to do with any of you”
better this way. Maybe
now, the pain
done here” Theo speaks up. “I don’t care what you felt
must agree that your contempt for my daughter started way before she
words, you will pay for every tear she
suffering in your hands.”
something dangerous. It chokes
Theo Howell isn’t someone
Mr. Howell” mother
daughter beg? You didn’t care did you? Why
showed our daughter any?” Nora hisses at
eyes.
She
leave” I say staring
time was
follows and then
anything ever again. Your
Everyone who has hurt you will pay. No one will ever cause you
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my beautiful angel. Always know
to have someone backing me up.
I did, would they hurt Ethan for hurting me?
willing to turn against their
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doing here?” Rowan
in the mood deal with his tantrums. Yes he was there for me yesterday, but that doesn’t mean he has a say on
clears his throat. It was going to take some time to
his voice pulls everyone’s
he quickly hides it. “What are you
His eyes moving from Theo and Nora then back at me. Slowly connecting the
I am pleased with how you’ve treated my daughter Theo says with
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
Travis has shock written all
country knows who the Howell’s are. They
me darling anything in this world is possible” Nora says glaring at
at Emma and she too had a shocked
she would catch a
get this over with so that you
out his laptop. He sets it down and we gather around it. He
time skyping mother. Soon her face fills
Emma tells her
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Ava?”
don’t know why she all over sudden cared about me when
of my life.
want to say, no need
point I just don’t care. I wasn’t
trying to do. She was too late to fix
breath before beginning. “You came to us when you were weeks old, but
adapt you until you
“What do you mean?”
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had a wonderful housekeeper. She had worked for us
another man’s child. You see, her husband died after
They were planning
was taken away from
husband over” she explains.
ever get married again or
she made that decision, she
preacher of their church found
if anyone wanted to adopt her”
each other. Was it a coincidence? Was the preacher
was too much
a one week break and went back to
but she ended up taking two weeks, but finally
No one knew who the baby’s mother was
a scared teen that
an issue, the social worker allowed Winnie to come back with the child
paper works for adoption. The baby was a blessing to Winnie,
says looking at
happy since her husband died. It’s like Ava
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