CHAPTER SIX

It’s been over a month since Ava's incident with Liam. She had tried reaching out to him via every means she could reach him, but all proved abortive.
Ava had gone to her mum’s since it was holiday at her school to give herself an emotional break.
Mrs. Miller smiled at her daughter's sleeping position on the sofa, she switched off the TV, sat beside Ava who woke up due to the noise her mum’s footsteps made.
“mum that is really creepy" Ava remarked as she rubbed her eyes.
“you should go see your brothers sometimes Ava, they have been complaining you neither call nor pick your calls. Since school is not resuming soon, a week at their place will not be a bad idea you know?" Miss Miller said to an absent minded Ava.
“you obviously do not want me to spend my holiday here mum, that is not fair, you even left home for me to stay here alone " Ava retorted with a frown.
“you are a lady Ava, I understand how important your privacy means to you at this age " Miss Miller said with a smile.
“but mum I don't even have a boyfriend. I equally do not like the space you are giving me, I am fine mom" she responded as she sat up.
“since you got back, all you do is sleep all day. Andy has been complaining you don't pick her calls, also , you don't eat anymore, you only sleep and watch TV all day, Ava,are you sure you are okay? Girl, talk to me" Miss Miller made herself comfortable beside her daughter, ready to listen to her.
“promise me you will not be mad at me mum?" Ava said with a pleading tone.
" I promise Ava " she assured her with a straight face.
With a face trying to fight back the tears, she responds saying; "there is a bum in the oven mum" the tears flowed freely at the mention of the words. “I am sorry to disappoint you mum, honestly everything happened so fast I can not even explain it"
“it is fine, we all make mistakes” Miss Miller said with disappointment written all over her face, she already made a promise to Ava so she just had to be calm over the issue ”since when did you know this?”
“at first I noticed there was no sign of my monthly flow; I noticed some changes in my body, a swollen and a tender breast plus, I urinate frequently too,so i did a test and I found out I was carrying a child ” Ava said as she continued crying.
“so, you are pregnant Ava?” Miss Miller asked with little interest.
She wanted to scold Ava badly but she knew that was not the right time to do so. She knew she had to give it a tender approach “come closer dear” Miss Miller says drawing Ava to herself. “calm down dear, everything will be fine as long as the child has a father”. Mrs. Miller dives into a speech she feels will be reassuring; “I do not want you to experience what I experienced, raising you alone was the biggest mistake I ever made" Miss Miller said with a faint voice .
Just then, it occurred to Ava she does not know whom the father of her unborn child is . Is it Logan or Liam? “mum I need to rest now, my head aches so badly" Ava says as she walks to her room quietly leaving her mum speechless.
She is the type to sleep when she feels confused. She believes a good sleep could help reset her mind in the right direction.
She throws herself on her bed with a mind that is not settled. So much was running through her mind and she needed to just forget them and sleep them off. Not long memories began to hunt her.
She wished she had listened to Andy, she was never drinking alcohol again. She was finding it difficult to sleep as she kept turning in bed , she picks up her phone to call Logan, he probably wont respond, she managed to send a message instead. He probably does not want to talk to her anymore or he lost her contact already. Ava cries herself to sleep.
Logan reads the message over and over again:
Hello Mr. Rodriguez, could you be so kind to spare me some of your time? Ava.

Does she think he is a fool? He had sent Andrew to trail her while he was away. The feedback he got from Andrew were so shocking, if Andrew had not backed it up with videos and pictures, he would not have believed him.
Nevertheless he will meet with her to hear what she has to say, after all his girlfriend Isabella was back.
Logan sent his reply. Picking the office telephone, he summoned his Secretary immediately. “Mrs. Roosevelt, I need you here please” Mrs. Roosevelt walked in before he hung up. “do I have any appointment this evening ?” Logan asked as he relaxed on his chair.
“you have a meeting with the shareholders of Trance Groups of Company sir" Roosevelt responds as she goes through Logan's business diary; “that will be all for today sir" she concluded.
“cancel that, I have to be somewhere important” Logan says as he gets up to leave.
“Mr. Rodriguez, I am afraid we can not afford to miss the board’s meeting with the Trance shareholders ,it is an important one sir" she responds with a worried look on her face.
"Mrs. Roosevelt I just said I need to be somewhere important, do you have a problem with that? You can always reschedule every meeting ,see you tomorrow " Logan queried as he walked towards the door.
"I am sorry sir" Mrs. Roosevelt responded quickly.
"I will leave now”. Logan responds.
He opens the door quickly, walking briskly while Andrew and Drake hurry to keep up with the pace, “take me home" Logan says as he sits inside his car with only one thought in his mind; “he sure was going to make Ava regret spending the night with another man after the night they shared.”
Ava woke up very close to twilight ,she rubbed her swollen eyes with the back of her hands, picks up her phone to see how long she had been asleep. A notification catches her sight and she sits up straight to read it, it read:
"Hi Ava, I will meet you at Wills and Bills this evening by 6”
Logan.
She had not hoped for such a quick response, but one thing she knew was that , she was happy right now he texted her , that was a sort of encouragement from Logan , she smiled happily but with her mind still full of thoughts . He probably wants to pay her off so as to keep the affairs a secret. Or, he wanted to have a good time with her again. Nothing mattered to her, all she knew was that she was going to meet him that evening with hope for another night.
Ava got up hurriedly to freshen up and select an outfit. She needs to look better than her bereaved self right now.
Since it was going to be a casual date, she pulls out a red blouse and a black denim skirt which she matched with a pair of sneakers. Ava, being a time conscious human, made sure she didn’t waste much time doing all these including wearing her makeup. She braided her hair backwards too. She picked up her phone to call Taylor but it was not connecting.
She steps out of her room and bumps into her mom, who did not hold back from inquiring where she was headed.
“headed somewhere?” Mrs. Miller asked her daughter who looked cheerful
"I have to meet with someone mum, I am almost late, I will give you the full story when I get back”.
Ava plants a kiss on her mum’s forehead before proceeding to making her leave. She tried calling Taylor again but it still wasn’t connecting so a cab it is.
She hopes she had not kept Logan waiting for long. As she entered into the cab her thoughts went back to her pregnancy, she really does not want Liam to father her baby even if he happens to be responsible for the pregnancy. Her baby deserves someone better.
If dates with Logan was all she could get now, she would not mind. After all he was the man she loved now, though it took her a long time to realize she loves him. If only she had not had sex with Liam ,this would never have been difficult for her. Liam was just never meant for her.
Ava checked her Michael Kors, seeing time was long gone, she pleaded with the driver to hurry up.
As this was probably her only chance to love Logan again .