Love In Between

The taxi pulled up on the driveway, Ava and Chloe alighted the car and she led Chloe into the house, the little girl was still petrified from seeing the two grown men fight.

“Please take her in, she’s a little upset,” She said to the nanny who noticed Chloe’s mood, the nanny took her in while Ava contemplated on what to do.

She tried dialling Roxie’s number but it wasn’t connecting, Roxie would have advised her on what to do, for the first time since she can remember there was no idea in her head,

“Why don’t you make her some cookies while I tidy up some things,” all through the drive to the house, her gaze was on her child— Ava knew it was selfish of her to keep the girl away from her father.

Bruce was saying the obvious truth, Andrew didn’t want Chloe, he loved her but he didn’t love her enough to accept her child which was not appealing to her, if only Andrew would get his acts together and be a little nicer to Chloe.

The nanny came outside to meet Ava pacing around the hallway, “I’ve put her to sleep,” The nanny said. Ava was so carried away by her thoughts that she didn’t hear the nanny who tapped her on the shoulders to bring her to reality.

Jolted by her touch Ava jerked,”huh… I’m so sorry I didn’t hear you, did you say something?”

“Chloe rejected the chocolate cookies I baked for her, but she’s asleep now,” the nanny said for the second time— Chloe must have been more upset than she could imagine.

“Oh really, maybe when she wakes up then,” Ava suggested.

“You don’t look okay?” The nanny said after observing her for a while, couple of times Ava had breakdowns from having to deal with the responsibilities of having a company but today the pain was clearly something else—- something more personal

“Do you think Chloe’s father has the right to see his daughter?” Ava asked running her hand through her head—- she needed her thoughts straight.

The nanny led her to the porch just beside the hallway, “the moment I saw you pull up in a taxi without him I knew something must have gone wrong,”

Even the nanny had noticed, how many more things did she notice but didn’t speak about. Surely there was a lot going on in her life and Chloe’s nanny was more or less a part of her family having been there since the birth of her child.

“He doesn’t like her… Or rather he doesn’t appear to enjoy her presence, this makes the little girl sad,” the revelation from the nanny made Ava turn in anger, it was obvious to everyone.

“Do you think I should give Bruce a chance to see his daughter?” Ava asked

“Well I’m in no position to tell you what to do but the thing is, the girl needs her father,” Ava was struck with the words from the nanny not only was she not expecting it but the way the young woman made it seem like she was ripping her daughter off the love of a father didn’t sit well with her.

“Ava, you can’t keep them apart for so long, you know how Andrew is,” the nanny added— Ava took a mental note of the fact that she mentioned Andrew’s name for the first time since they started conversing.

“I feel a little dizzy, I need to sleep a little bit,” Ava got up from the chair and headed to the house, her mind pondered on what the nanny said. For how long exactly did she intend keeping them apart

Her phone was blaring from the incessant calls and texts from Andrew which she ignored, she needed time to think and make a decision having the best interest of her daughter at heart. Bewildered by the thoughts letting her daughter spend some time with her father drifted her off to sleep

Later in the day when Ava woke up, she took a walk down the road in her neighborhood reminiscing over her decision— nighttime crawling as tree branches swayed gently from side to side in the gentle breeze.

Black branches that traced the blue-black heavens overhead, the stars a remote pinpricks like cluster of sand dust lit up the sky and cast it’s illumination on the earth— after fighting the urges not to give up her daughter for even a second to Bruce the nanny’s words kept on ringing in her head

Chloe’s face anytime Andrew shoves her aside as she pretends to not see flashed through her mind— Ava reached for her phone in the small leather ouch that she strapped across her shoulders

Bruce picked up almost immediately finally happy to be able to reach Ava, he drove earlier with a bandaid on his eyebrows to Ava’s house to sort things out and apologize to both her and his daughter but he changed his mind— Fretting his daughter the more would do more harm to her and he would hang himself first before any harm would come to his daughter.

“Can we see?” Ava said flatly, she heard someone mutter something in the background but she couldn’t care less about his personal life even though she felt a bit jealous— did he ever feel jealous when he saw Andrew by her side, did his inside ever tingle in jealousy?

“Oh yes we can, I can come right away if you want me to,” he answered back, his voice sounded light and a feathery one could feel how excited he was.

Ava’s heart beat faster when she realized the tingling she just felt may be because of the emotions she tried to bury “Meet me at home… I’ll be waiting,” she hung up before he could say another word.

Back at home, she took a shower and surprised herself by putting in so much energy in looking good… She immediately pulled off the dress and wore a sweatshirt to remind herself that there was nothing between her and Bruce.Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

There was a knock on the door and when the nanny made to check who it was Ava stopped her, “I’ll check who’s at the door you can go and keep Chloe company in her room,” she was going to have to cherish the moment she’ll spend with her daughter since her time would be split between two parents.

Bruce hugged Ava briefly and they went ahead to discuss how he’ll be spending time with his daughter— “You can see her anytime you want to but you have to inform me about it first before you visit ,” she said after drinking from the glass of water on the table.

“Thank you so much Ava thank you,” Bruce replied in excitement, he was relieved at the news now he’d be able to see his daughter as much as he wanted while spending time with Ava.