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45. Threats
I was shopping for furniture, but my mind wasn’t in it. I bought a new house. It was perfect
for me
and it suited my style. Simple yet cozy. It was in a great neighborhood and was even
closer to
Noah’s school. I loved it the moment I saw it. It also had a big backyard where Noah could
play
unlike our previous house.
“Are you even paying attention?” Letty asks in annoyance.
She was helping me pick furniture my new home. It has been three days since I bought it
and yet
it was sitting completely empty. I didn’t even have a bed for heaven’s sake. I’ve been
sleeping on a
make shift bed on the floor.
“I’m sorry, Letty…I just have too much on my mind” I apologize.
When you have someone trying to kill you, most other things usually take a back seat.
They don’t
seem as important as trying to stay a live long enough to see you child grow up.
I still get chills knowing that I was close to dying. Again. That someone deliberately set a
fire to
my house. That they wanted me burned alive. What kind of a sick person does that?
Plus it can’t be a coincidence that the day of the dinner party someone chased me. Only
to have
my house burned down the next day. 1
“Is it because of your house?” her voice is full of sympathy.
I clench my hands in fist. “Yes! And not only that, it’s everything. It just makes me so
angry. Four
times, Letty! They’ve tried killing me four times and from what I see they don’t plan on
stopping
until i’m dead. I just want to be left the fuck alone” I take a deep breath.
The people around as stare at us at my outburst, but I don’t give a shit about the scathing
looks.
I sometimes felt so lost. I can’t bring my son back home even though I miss, because I
don’t want
to put him in any danger. I haven’t held or kissed my baby boy in weeks.
“What terrifies me is what if they succeed? I haven’t see Noah in three months, Letty.
Seeing him
on video calls isn’t the same as holding him in my arms. What if they succeed and I never
get to
see or hold him again?” I ask, fighting the tears that threatened to fall.
“Uh…I don’t know what to say” she looks at me awkwardly
“You’re really not good at pep–talks are you?” I ask chuckling, wiping away my tears
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“Hell No!” She all but shouts then sighs “I don’t know what you’re feeling but I get you. I
know
how frustrating this must be for you, but don’t let them get to you, cause the moment
they do, you
give them power over you”
I think for a second about what little she’s told me. She was right. I can’t lose it right now.
Who
knows? Maybe that is what they’re counting on. Making me lose it, so that I can be
careless and
make a mistake.
“Thank you, Letty” I give her a side hug.
Her pep–talk however small, is exactly what I needed.
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“Good. Now, have you gotten everything you need?” she asks. “We’ve been at this for
hours and I’m
starving”
“Yeah…we can go get something to eat. Let me pay and then I’ll came back and rive the
U–Haul
back to my place”
“You do realize you can just hire them to deliver the furniture right? They’ll even help you
moving
them. You don’t have to do it by yourself” she folds her hand and scrutinizes me.
“I know, but I don’t like strangers in my space. Beside, I’m just driving it. Ethan will be by
later on
to help move the furniture”
She stares a bit before shrugging her shoulders. We head to the cashier and I pay for the
furniture
we’ve chosen.
There were restaurants and eateries near the furniture store so we don’t have to go far.
“Fancy or fast and greasy?” I ask her already feeling my stomach start to rumble.
“Definitely fast and greasy…is that something you even have to ask?”
I grin at her.
We find one pretty quickly and soon enough, we are settled. Our food arrive about ten
minutes
later. We basically ordered the same thing. Fries, burger, chicken wings and milkshakes.
Our conversation flows easily. We don’t talk about anything important. We joke, we eat
and have a
fun in each other’s company. For a moment, I forget about my troubles and it felt nice.
“I’m so full I can barely think straight” Letty says, making me laugh.
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She had this satisfied look in her eyes and it was just adorable.
“You look like you just had an orgasm” I joke.
She smirks. “I did, I had a food orgasm”
Laughing I tell her that there is nothing like that. Food and orgasms shouldn’t be used in
the same
sentence.
“There is…food brings pleasure and even if it’s not the same as the pleasure I get when
Travis‘ dick
I gag. “Don’t you dare finish that sentence…haven’t you ever had of TMI” I look at her in
horror. ”
The last thing I want is to hear what you and Travis do behind closed doors”
“Oops” she says sheepishly.
No sister wants to hear about their brother having S**. They especially don’t want it being
described.
My phone beeps and I check the incoming message.
“I have to go…Ethan will be leaving work soon and I want to be there when he gets to my
new
place”
“Okay. It’s about time I head out too. My feet are killing me”
We pay our bills and leave.
“Thanks for your help today”
“Anytime, Ava”
We say goodbye and she leaves. I walk the short distance to the furniture store.
I didn’t see them until it was too late. Mainly because I was focused on texting Ethan to let
him
know that I’d be home by the time he gets there.
“Seriously!” her annoying voice makes me lift my head.
Emma was standing next Travis at the parking lot. She was staring at me like she
contemplated
murder.
I didn’t want her kind of drama so I turn about to move around them but her words stop
me.
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“Are you happy now? bitterness and anger laced her voice
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Against my better judgement. I turn back around and face her. Travis just stood there
stoically.
like a damn statue
“Happy about what?” I ask het, my eyebrows furrowed.
“Don’t play dumb with me! Are you happy now that Rowan broke things off with me” she
seethes.
“This was your plan all along wasn’t it?”
I knew something had happened between them, but I never expected or thought that
Rowan
would break things off. He loved her after all.
“I don’t know why you think I would be happy about that when it doesn’t concern me” I
answer
emotionlessly
“Stop pretending” she shouts drawing the attention of others.
I look to Travis. “Would you mind controlling your hysterical sister? The last thing I want is
her
attacking me because she thinks I had something to do with whatever drama is going on
between
her and her man”
“You’re also my sister, Ava” he says softly.
“I haven’t been your sister in a long time, Travis. Or have you forgotten the many times
you told
me that yourself”
He keeps quiet and looks down. I wait for the pain, but it doesn’t come. I heave a sigh of
relief.
My happiness is short lived when Emma takes a step towards me.
“If you think you’ve won then you’re wrong Ava. Rowan is mine and I’ll go through anyone
who
tries to take him from me. I am not going to let you win. This time I will fight you to the
death if I
have to” she spits. (2)
I take a step back and raise my hand. “Whoa, first of all, Rowan isn’t a possession. He’s a
living
breathing person. Second of all, there will be no fighting to the death. If you want him you
can
have him. Keep him for all I care, marry him, fuck him, and give him a whole lot of babies.
Just
get it in your fucking head that I. Do. Not. Want. Him”
I was getting tired of repeating the same thing over and over again. Why was it so hard to
believe
that I no longer wanted Rowan?
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“You expect me to believe that bullshit? You were always obsessed with him” she says
sneering
and I snort in return
*And now it looks like you’re the one obsessed with him now if you’ll excuse me, I have to
go.
You’ve already wasted enough of my time”
“I’m not done talking to you, you bitch”
I ignore her but her next words make me freeze.
“I swear, Ava, if you walk away, I will find that bastard son of yours and make him pay for
everything. After all, he is the other reason I lost everything”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmI hear a sharp gasp from Travis, but it doesn’t register in my mind.
I don’t think when I move.
I twist around and push her Slamming her against a van. I use my forearm on her neck,
pinning
her to the van and choking the daylights from her.
The self–defense classes I took were paying off and as of a week ago, I was a licensed gun
holder.
Ethan advised me to start carrying it around after the fire at my house.
Nothing registers when I take my gun and point it to her temple. (1)
“If you ever and I mean ever threaten Noah again and I will end you. I will bury your body
so deep
it will take a century to dig it up. Don’t fuck with me Emma. I’ve tolerated you enough and
it ends
today” I snarl, feeling crazed.
“Avalet her go” Travis pleads with fear in his voice.
“If you ever so much as look at my son wrong or I find out you’ve hurt him, I will destroy
you
Emma. There won’t be a place in this world you’ll be able to run from me. Am I
understood?”
I see the fear in her eyes as she nods. After a minute I let her go and she begins chocking.
“How could you do this to your own sister? You make me sick” Travis shouts at me as he
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Emma’s side. Helping her up./6
“She’s not my fucking sister” I hiss catching him by surprise. “You told me to stay away
from her
and I’ve done that. Now am asking you to keep her away from me. I won’t have anyone
threatening
my son and I will burn the whole fucking world to the ground if it means protecting him.
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“You heard what she said concerning Noah. She threatened him yet you have the guts to
stand
there and scold me?” I glare at both of them.
“Ava…” he begins to say, apology in his eyes but I interrupt him.
“Shut your fucking mouth, I don’t want to hear what you have to say. As of this day
forward, you’re
no longer a part of Noah’s life. He doesn’t need a pathetic excuse of an uncle who can’t
even stand
up for him against his bitch of a sister” (2)
He looks heartbroken but I don’t give a fuck. He made his views known when he tried
making me
feel bad and completely ignored the threat Emma made.
“As for you” I turn to Emma. “Think long and hard about ever going against me. I’m not
the same
pathetic girl you left behind, push me too hard and I’ll push back. Trust me when I say you
won’t
like it when I retaliate”
She’s shaking. Looking at me with wide and terrified eyes. Her eyes are drawn to my hand
when I
put the gun back inside the waist band of my jeans.
I turn to leave but before I do, I give her one last look.
“What have you became? Going around threatening innocent children and all for what? A
man?
You’ve changed so much I hardly recognize you and despite being jealous of you when we
were
younger, I also admired you. Ask yourself, are you still the woman Rowan fell in love with
years
ago? Or have you become someone he can never love?”
With that I walk away. Hoping that Emma will realize what she’s become before it’s too
late and
she does something she can’t take back or worse, hurts someone innocent.
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