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.

me in if you didn’t

quiet as she answered. “When Travis was two

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

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

she did it, or where she was or

coma for two months. They amputated her right hand

also had a limp since then because

letting it out. “We accepted

as we tried to compensate her it

she went through. So when she died, we

down, muttering. “I wish you hadn’t. You should have tossed me in an orphanage.

than the life I

don’t remember ever having a good memory with

misery.

ungrateful woman. Do you know how many people would kill to

Emma ask,

shut it up for

slept with your damn boyfriend, get

It disgusting watching a thirty year old woman throwing a hissy

year old. Noah behaves

everyone. Emma looks down, her cheeks

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

they were sitting right next to

”

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years 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 daughter like that ever

ever has well except for Letty.

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

spine.

our attention back to her. “I know how we treated you over the years wasn’t fair and I’m so sorry. More than

really don’t want

better this way. Maybe one

but for now, the

here” Theo speaks up. “I don’t

must agree that your contempt for my

you will

she spent suffering in

It chokes the air

Howell isn’t someone

Mr. Howell” mother

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

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

eyes.

say anything. She looks

think you should all leave” I say staring

and their time was

and

anything ever again. Your enemies are

hurt you will pay. No one will ever cause you

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Always know that” Nora adds before doing

to have someone

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

Theo willing to turn against their

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

Yes he was there for me yesterday, but that doesn’t mean

going to take some time to get used

his voice

but he quickly

Theo and Nora then back at me. Slowly connecting

that I am pleased with

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

has shock written

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

this world is possible” Nora says glaring at him.

a shocked expression. Her

careful she would catch

that you

out his laptop. He sets

any time skyping mother. Soon her

tells her and she nods

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Ava?” she asks

about me when

of my life.

what you want to say,

care. I wasn’t going to play along

do. She was too late to fix was what was

before beginning. “You came to us when you

you were

“What do you mean?”

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for us for years. She wanted a family but

man’s child. You

she never recovered. They were planning to start

that was taken away

husband over” she explains.

ever get married again

month after she made that decision, she was

their church found a baby outside the church and

wanted to adopt

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

was too much to be

and went back to her home town to

ended up taking two weeks, but finally

the baby’s mother was and had no

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

the social worker allowed Winnie to

The baby was a blessing to Winnie, she named her

baby she adopted was you” mother says looking at me before continuing “I had not

happy since her husband died. It’s like Ava

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