Love In Between

The sun was already up in the sky shining brightly, it was just a few minutes past seven a. m in the morning… One of the good things about summer

Ava wrapped warmly under her blanket, snoozed her phone alarm for the second time that morning. It wasn’t particularly an alarm — it was a reminder Andrew had set so she would wake up in time and start preparing for the party he announced at the office.

His assistant was to come over to the house and take her for a spa and waxing session, she needn’t bother for the dress he got everything covered— she snuggled up holding her pillow close to her, she took weekends off to enjoy her peace and sleep in.

But with Andrew’s plan, that was about to be impossible —- There was a knock on the door “come in….” She replied, rubbing her eyes.

“Good morning ma’am I’m sorry to disturb you, but a lady is downstairs she asked to see you,” the nanny replied

Ava sighed and pulled her robe over her, “okay thank you I’ll be with you shortly… Can you in the meantime get me a glass of water?”

The nanny came back upstairs with a glass of water “She says she’s under instructions and you should be down in the next thirty minutes,”

Ava cringed and rolled her eyes, she picks up her phone to check the time, “it’s only past seven a. m the day has barely even started,” she said not actually referring to the nanny.

Andrew was doing too much and it was beginning to get on her nerves—- compelling her to go for the party is one thing and now he’s trying to dictate how her day goes, “just wow… Andrew is doing too much,” she mutters.

“I can tell her something to keep her off till you’re ready,”

Ava stared at the nanny with pleading eyes “No, no you don’t have to…. Just go take care of Chloe and thank you for the glass of water,”. It was her cross she didn’t have to wash her dirty linen in public.

She got up and went into the shower, for a quick second her mind gave off ideas why Andrew was acting so strange about his party—- but the anger Ava felt towards him overshadowed any excuse she longed to make for him.

Usually one would cover up for the sins of a man because of the lot of good he had done— but dragging her around like she was a child and dictating how her life should go was out of it, she hated she had to go through this Bruce would never do that to her, but maybe she abd Bruce were better off apart and co-parenting was what fate had for both of them.

Ava took extra time in putting on her clothes and combing her hair and when she came downstairs and saw the assistant Andrew had sent over upset she didn’t seem to care.

“I need to have breakfast with my child first before leaving… You can join us too,” Ava said sarcastically as she led her child to the dining table, the lady politely declined and waited outside for her at the couch.

“Mommy, is that your friend?” Chloe asked. Unsure of what to say Ava thought it best to claim friendship with her to avoid further interrogation from the little girl, besides her eyes still felt heavy and she still longed to be in bed.

Ava turned to face her daughter, her mouth covered in chocolate jam she pull out a rag and wiped Chloe’s mouth clean, “Yes Sweetie she’s my friend and she’s going out with mommy after breakfast,”

“Can I come along too? Chloe asks.

“No honey, you can’t. I’m so sorry…. but I promise to take you to the park tomorrow,” Ava quickly added, Chloe wasn’t happy that she wasn’t going to be with her—- Saturdays are the only time Ava could spend quality time with her child.

She patted Chloe at the back, “I’m really sorry about this okay… But I promise to make it up to you,” Chloe nodded in response.

After breakfast and snuggling up with her daughter for about twenty minutes she finally went to the spa for her wax session and to get a makeover later that day before heading home.

The lady Andrew assigned to Ava to help out in preparation of the party was ecstatic to carry out all Andrew asked her too,

By the time they came back home it was eight p. m, “I’ll wait here in the car while you get dressed,” the lady said warmly, she handed a shopping bag to Ava.

“He asked that you put this on for the party,” she said and headed back to the car—- Ava opened the bag and was surprised when she found out it was a dress, shoes and every other thing she’ll need to wear for the party.

“How thoughtful,” she says. She went upstairs to get dressed when she opened the bag to reveal all he bought for her. She laughed dryly at his thoughtfulness—- how nice!

Andrew had picked every outfit down to her earrings, being a kind of person that wouldn’t bend to one’s rules all the time didn’t sit well with her—-

So instead of the nude that was applied to her lips at the beauty salon, she changed it to red, fully aware of the fact that he hated red lips on her— it made her pouted lips more obvious and the earrings he picked she shoved it inside her jewelry box and went for another instead.

Chloe was downstairs with her nanny when Ava walked in on them playing—“Mom are you going to the park already?” Chloe asked innocently.

Ava laughed at the little girl’s harmless question, “Oh no honey, I’m not going to the park besides it’s too late to do that, I’m going out to a party… An office party,” she wasn’t sure why she felt the need to explain to her daughter.

“Would Dad come along with you?”

Ava hand suddenly grew cold, after five seconds of silence “No honey he’s not coming along,”This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“Who are you going with?” The questions seemed to make Ava’s stomach twitch

“I’m going with Andrew honey,” she finally said, Chloe’s mood switched it was obvious she didn’t like Andrew, Ava tried to make her see reason but the little girl just stared blankly into space.

Guilt ripped through the inside of Ava as she walked out of the house she hated. She had to do this— just as she was about to enter into the car Bruce drove in.