104 Something wrong with me
Ava
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My brain cells were totally fried.
I’ve been sitting here since Calvin left about an hour ago. I asked him if Noah could stay the night
at his house today and he agreed.
I was still trying to grasp all that I learnt today. It was too much information all at once. I didn’t
know how to handle all of it.
My phone rings. For a second I think of ignoring, but decide against it. It might be an emergency.
I swipe the screen sightlessly. I put the gadget to my ear, but don’t say a thing. My mind was
completely blank so I wait for whoever was on the other side to speak.
“Ava” she breathes. “Thank God. Are you okay? Travis told me what happened today”
Immediately I recognize her voice. Letty.
“I’m not sure, honestly” I reply in a whisper.
I still didn’t understand how Emma could be so cruel to Calvin and Gunner. I know that she always
wanted to carry Rowan’s children, but to reject her own flesh and blood because he doesn’t have
Rowan’s DNA is downright malicious.
“Travis told me you’re the one that discovered the truth and exposed Emma’s lie”
Knowing how a parent’s rejection feels like, I completely understood Gunner’s pain. I took his pain
as my own because he r ded me so much of myself.
He didn’t choose Emma to be his mother, yet she hurt him as if he was nothing. That pissed me of
and broke my heart at the same time.
“Yes. It was just by coincidence I guess”
“How? How were you able to figure it out” she asks, her voice in disbelief.
I don’t know whether it’s from finding out that Emma has a son or it’s from her inability to
understand how I came by the truth.
“His smile” I breathe. “He’s smiled at me many times before, but there was this day it just hit me
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was young snapped in my head His smile was similar to hers
“Cal never said anything before?”
“Never but when I mentioned Emma’s name, he completely froze. That gave everything away.
Also the fact that he didn’t correct me”
It still seems so surreal. I can’t imagine my life without Noah so I don’t understand how Emma
was able to live like her son didn’t exist.
“Tell me everything” she insists and I proceed to tell her everything from how it started to how we
got here.
By the time I am done, I’m crying once again. I didn’t want to project my pain, but it was really
hard.
“I didn’t know where I was going until I was at Kate’s house” I tell her. I had stopped calling her
mother a few months ago. “I felt so angry on his behalf and mine. I wanted to do something for
him. Something no one did for me when I was little and they treated me with cruel disdain. I
wanted to stand up for him and call Emma out on her behavior”
It was something I’d prayed for when I was growing up. Other parents noticed how Kate and
James treated me, yet they said nothing. Hell, even Rowan’s parents kept quiet and followed their
friends‘ lead. No one stood up for me or what was right. So I decided to do it for Gunner.
“I understand you babe. No child should suffer through how your Kate and James treated you or
how Emma treated Gunner. You were right for exposing what a bitch she is” (1
I felt so relieved. There was this part of me that felt like maybe I shouldn’t have done it. Like I
could have handled it
r, but I was so angry that I couldn’t even think straight. I couldn’t help
- it. All I thought about as I drove is; Like mother, like daughter 2
I was about to say something when my doll bell rung.
“Someone’s at my door, Letty. I have to go”
I felt so tired and drained. Both emotionally and physically.
“Okay. We’ll talk tomorrow. I know it has been a tiring day for you”
We both say our goodnights and hang up. I consider ignoring the person on the door. Like I said, I
was tired. I didn’t want to see anyone.
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I slowly use up and ge open the door
“Rowan, what are you doing here?” I ask in surpris
I am mitpitted to see him if I am being honest, I was expecting him to be by Emma’s side,
comforting her I’m shocked that he in here instead.
“Can I come in?” he asks instead of answering.
Something must be wrong with me because I step aside and let him in. He gives me a small smile
as he enters my house.
“Is Noah asleep?” he asks while taking off his cont
“Probably, though he’s not here. Today he’ll be sleeping over at Calvin’s”
I see anger flash in his eyes at his name. For a moment I think he’s going to start a fight over Cal,
but he literally forces himself to calm down. I almost clap for him at his show of control.
“Fuck. It’s crazy how today turned out.” He pauses. “How are you holding up?”
I know and I’ve seen some massive changes in him recently, but today it’s just sort of hitting me
1 look at his feet, but he cups my cheek and makes me look at him.
“I don’t know, Rowan” I whisper.
He caresses my cheek softly. His fingers skimming over my cheek and neck. He then pushes a lock of my hair behind my ear.
His grey eyes clash with mine. He stares at me in a way that I used to dream about. He stares at
me like he wants. Like I am his world, which is impossible, right?
“I know of one way to distract you” he starts. “If I bend and take those pretty pink lips, will you let me?” he ask, as my heart begins to race.
I just stare at him.
‘Tell him no‘ I whisper to myself.
Say no, Ava. Push him away
His head descends as if in slow motion. Finally, his firm and soft lips touch mine.
way.
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