The door swung open and the doctor walked out, "Mr Leonard, Miss Sophie, I need to conduct an emergency test for Miss Ava. We need some blood.""Oh? I can donate it. Mine matches hers." Emma offered but the doctor shook his head. It was just a few weeks ago that she donated blood for her"I need to see you in my office." He says staring pointedly at the parents and Emma felt a bolt of disappointment at the subtle sidelining. She would never have expected it but she guessed she had to embrace that reality. Try as she might, she wasn't Ava's mother.The parents followed the doctor quietly to his office and motioned to the chairs opposite him. "So, what's wrong with my daughter?""She has an immune disorder that's hereditary. I want to know how long you've had it." The doctor said and Leonard stared at him blankly. "What immune disorder?" He repeated after the doctor. He didn't have any of that and was wondering where all of these were coming from."Won't you say something, dear wife?"
To say that Ava was disappointed was to say the least and immediately Leonard walked in he noticed that something wasn't right, trying to find out what that was a tedious task because everyone was hellbent on saying that they were fine when in reality they weren't"Ava, darlin. What's wrong with you? You look sick and pale. I thought the doctor said you were recovering?" He glanced at Emma discreetly, asking what happened.Emma simply shrugged because she didn't want to be the one who broke the news to him that his daughter had found out about her paternity and that was what was happening right there. She knew that it would crush him badly and that he would want to really hurt her estranged sister. She was a preacher of peace and not war contrary to what her sister thought and it wasn't going to be the same again if she allowed Leonard take laws into his hands. Leonard was shocked when Ava began to cry. He was just returning from a meeting with Estelle that took a toll on his mental
"What's the latest news?" Leonard replied, switching back to work mode immediately. Emma cradled Ava's head softly and continued stroking it. "It would be okay, I guess." "Why don't we speak outside?" Estelle suggested not wanting Ava to hear what's happening. " She's too little to handle the information." She whispered."I can hand..." She trailed off, remembering that her father had taught her not to interrupt adults when they were speaking unless it was absolutely necessary."So, what happened?" Leonard inquired from Estelle immediately he shut the door and she sighed. "When I got into work today, I heard that some of the workers had begun a protest demanding for their salary and acting as though we had refused to pay them after settling them with the first installment. This made me know that there was obviously someone behind it and it's none other than our beloved brother. The funny thing is that I was not able to locate Antonio." "Why did he abscond then? Were you able to ge
Antonio paced his living room, with a cigar in hand and a glass of scotch in the second hand while he muttered words underneath his breath. Mark, his friend, was busy staring at him with a smile on his face. He didn't know that he was busy tipping Leonard with information. "So, tell me, why are you pacing?" Antonio stopped suddenly and swiveled around with his cigar in his hand and a glare at his friend who was not seeing the reason in acting the way he was doing. Didn't he know that it wasn't an easy feat to achieve all he did only to have them crashing down on him and it was all his brother's fault. "Why shouldn't I?" "I think you're going to wear a hole in the carpet. Why don't you just calm down and state your issues so that we can know where exactly to begin the judgment from? I don't subscribe to things like this. You're smoking, which you never do." His friend eyed me. Antonio heaved a sigh and threw the blunt into the ashtray beside him, unfortunately, it landed far away
Mark texted the recording to Leonard and he played it to Emma's hearing. She was taken aback by the words that Antonio uttered and was thinking about what could have warranted such hatred from a sibling. But she was not one to talk when her sister was also a worse counterpart to her. It was something that she couldn't still fathom. "What are you going to do about this?" She asked him and he stared at her. "I don't really want us to press charges." She added."He knows about this but I won't allow him to go Scot free. He needs to face the law." Leonard said, quickly forwarding the text to his friend who was a lawyer. There were certain things that were necessary at certain points in a lifetime. If there was a need for him to press charges instantly, he would, but for now, he would rather just watch while doing his underground work and gathering evidence.His phone rang and he quickly picked it up. He was surprised to hear a gravelly voice. " I am here to see my daughter." The man had
I would like to file a suit against a man who claims to be my daughter's father. She is still too young to decide what to do but I want to make sure that she's protected." Leonard went straight to the point.Dominic, his brother in-law, stared at his computer all through the day and sought what he could do for Leonard. The truth was that unless eyewitnesses confirmed without reasonable doubt that he was a better parent, it was likely that he might lose the case. "I need to know what the backstory is. What happened between Sophie and the man and we can proceed from there? We can't go into the fight blindly." Leonard was a bit skeptical and tired of everything that had been going on and he just wanted utmost assurance that his child would be his, that was all he wanted. " So, I'll get some pieces of evidence for you and then we can discuss. Might I know what your price is?" He asked.He wasn't that buoyant but he would surely come up with something to stop Ava from leaving. That girl c
Leonard was working through the list of things that he needed to get more evidence about Antonio and was waiting for the next information from the lawyer. Estelle was also in talks with her fiance who was currently getting too busy which was making her begin to wonder what the hell was the meaning of his new attitude. She called Leonard to confirm stylishly. "Hello, bro. Do you have any idea if you would be going to Dominic's place today?"Leonard paused in buckling Ava's shoes. She had insisted that she wanted to go over to her mother's place to ask her some questions which in his opinion he didn't find necessary but he also knew that Ava was a stubborn lass. That must have been an acquired trait from him."I don't know yet but I would get to back to you if I turn out to be going there." He replied and she sighed softly.Then he knew something was wrong and opened his mouth to ask when he heard sniffling in the room and he looked up, it was a crying Ava sitting on the bed. "Why don'
He stared at her for a few minutes and was confused by the stupidity that he was busy expressing. "You're unbelievable." He replied and she grinned at him wickedly while making sure that the door was shut permanently to her."Now tell me, why are you here? Do you want me to plead with me but you're pretending as if you don't want to? Instead of pitting my daughter against me and claiming to be her father. Why don't you just concede defeat?" She smirked at him in annoyance mixed with a dash of gloating.Leonard went silent for a minute gathering his thoughts and searching for the best way to be able to convey his words without acting annoyed by the way she was speaking."Even you would choose me as your child's guardian. If you had done what you ought to, she wouldn't be here begging not to be with you. That says a lot about you don't you think?" He replied angrilySophie's face went flush in embarrassment but poke her chin outward just to show that she was not affected by his words. "