Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

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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a wonderful housekeeper. She had worked for us for years. She wanted a family but

child. You see, her husband died after

never recovered. They were planning to start a family the

that was taken away from her when a drunk driver ran

husband over” she explains.

ever get married again or have artificial

after she made that decision, she

preacher of their church found a baby outside

wanted

a coincidence? Was the preacher Winnie’s mother

was too much to

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

ended up taking two weeks, but

back. No one knew who the baby’s mother was and had

it was probably a scared teen that

issue, the social worker allowed Winnie to come back with

The baby was a blessing to Winnie,

was you” mother says looking at me before continuing

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

she

I take a moment to digest what she just told us. Winnie seems like a

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didn’t she raise me? How did I

family?”

was diagnosed with stage four

she only had a few months

want to, we already had

anymore”

happened because I ended up with

me in if you

she answered. “When Travis was

to

screamed in fear, My fear must

it, or where she was or how

two months. They amputated her right hand because it

limp since then because of the

breath before letting it out. “We accepted her request because we felt

As much as we tried to compensate her it would never have

what she went through. So when she died,

You should have tossed me in an orphanage.

kinder than the life I lived

ever having a good memory with

misery.

such an ungrateful woman. Do you know

ask, sneering me in my

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

you stupid comments. I slept with your damn boyfriend, get

grow the fuck up. It disgusting watching a thirty year old woman throwing a hissy

two year old. Noah behaves more mature

looks down, her

it’s Nora. I look up at her

they were sitting right next

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