Chapter 0142 Today was a chilled day. I didnât have much to do. Noah was already at school, and I was here at home just relaxing.
After my mental breakdown, I decided to take some much needed break from work. My students werenât happy about it, but they understood that I hadnât been myself the last couple of weeks.
I planned to resume after I give birth. My focus now was my kids and the Hope Foundation.
Iâm still trying to come to terms with all that happened these past few weeks. Including everyoneâs change in behaviour.
The only one who seemed to be consistent with her hateful personality was Emma. The rest seem to have had an overnight change of heart.
Instead of focusing on those thoughts. I push them away and pick up my phone and dial momâs number.
She picks up on the first ring.
âHey momâ I greet her, I wasnât completely used to calling her that, but I was slowly getting there.
âAvalâ She screams through the phone, always excited to hear from me. âTheo, my love, our darling daughter is on the phoneâ.
I hear shuffling before a sort of echo fills the phone. I just know that sheâs put me on loudspeaker.
âHey dadâ I greet him too.
Their love honestly fascinated me. They were together since they were thirteen and theyâre still together years down the line. More than thirtyâfive years later.
If I was still chasing after love, then their kind of love is what I would have been looking for. Instead, Iâve accepted that love is just not for me. Iâm now set and prepared to spend the rest of my life alone.
Hey darling, how are you doing?â
Iâm doing good. Not much going on. I just wanted to check up on you guysâ, till havenât told them that I am pregnant.
Even though Iâm starting to show, Itâs easy for me to hide my bump with oversized tâshirts. I just didnât know how to tell them given that Ethan was still refusing their visits.
know deep down it hurts them even though they try hiding it As for Ethan. What heâs doing to them is wrong, but I also understand where he is coming from.
+15 BONUS He feels ashamed. He feels like he doesnât deserve their love after what he did. He was hiding from them because he felt like he didnât deserve their kindness.
I sent him the picture of my recent ultrasound. He wrote back and told me he was thankful. He couldnât stop saying how he was dying to meet his baby. He was also okay with waiting till the day I deliver to know the gender of our baby.
âAva?â Mom calls, pulling me back to the present.
âSorry. I zoned out a bitâ I murmur embarrassed.
âItâs okay darling. I just wanted to know if youâll be coming this weekend like we had talked about âYes, though Noah wonât be joining us this time. Itâs his weekend with his father so itâll just be me and your guysâ.
The Woods and the Sharp family used to have a monthly get together. I wasnât always invited.
When I did get an invitation which was rare, I was treated like I didnât exist. Like I didnât matter. I wast completely ignored and was treated like a pariah.
The only one who used to talk to me during the gatherings was Noah. Most of the time, I ended up leaving early or crying in the bathroom.
There hasnât been a get together in months. I guess now that the parents are back, they were back to having them.
âItâs a bummer that he wonât come but I am still happy that youâll make itâ dad says.
I was about to say something, but something takes my focus away. I hear a bark then a scratch. At first, I think Iâm imagining things since there arenât any dogs in the area. That is until I hear it again.
âLet me call you guys back, dad, I have to check on somethingâ I tell him distractedly.
âOkay honey hang up and move to where the sound seemed to be coming from. Going to the backyard I find a large Siberian Husky on my small kitchen garden. It had uprooted everything that I had planted. There was nothing left except a whole mess.
tare in shock. My mouth hanging wide open.
how long it took me to plant those, and you just ruined every single one fu He looks chastised. Laying on the ground, giving me puppy eyes, but I wasnât going to buy it.
âI wanted organic food, thatâs why I started the damn garden in the first place and let me tell you, it took a lot of time and effort.â
He whines, but I am too far gone to listen to him.
âOh no, no, no. Youâre not going to get out of this by flashing your cute, adorable eyes.â Shaking my head I stare at him. Atleast I assume itâs a he. âHow are you going to make up for the damage, huh?â
The more i stare at him, the more my heart begins to melt. He is big, fluffy and completely adorable. Hel had thick black and white far and piercing grey eyes. For some weird reason they reminded me of Rowan and Noahâs grey eyes.