Make Me Stay_A Second Chance Romance by Amarie Avant

Author:Amarie Avant [Avant, Amarie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-28T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 35

Avery

Avery was a little concerned when her mom came home. She and Antonio were still at the piano, arguing about the tempo of the song when Verdrena came in and went straight upstairs with a facial peel on her face. Those masks always made her lips pucker and her eyebrows appear dramatically arched because it would tighten her skin, but her mom hadn’t even stopped to give a hug or a quick wave.

Now, the family of four sat at the dinner table, in the same spots that they did when Avery used to live at home. There was an extra plate for Donavan, though he’d missed the first course. His frisée salad sat untouched. She placed her hand in her pocket to grab her cell phone to shoot him a second text but realized she’d left it on the piano. Avery rarely went without her cell phone in her pocket. It came in handy for those times she needed someone, like falling through holes at the Baudelaire mansion.

Verdrena placed her hand on Avery’s to get her attention. “Sweetheart, I heard the harmony you and Antonio were working on when I came home from the spa earlier. Because of the facial peel on my face, I didn’t want to cry. The two of you are my pride and joy.”

Avery nodded, stopping her disappointed glance from falling on Donavan’s plate again.

Her brother was speaking, and after the good time they’d just had, it took everything in Avery’s being to become energetic enough to lift her eyelids to tune into his words.

Avery felt her mother’s aura stiffen beside her. Just as Verdrena’s lips dropped, she glanced at Avery, then back at Antonio.

She caught Antonio’s reply, “It’s true.”

Avery pressed her fork against her glass. “Okay, I need to join the conversation. What’s true?”

Alexander caught Avery’s attention. His gaze filled with a sincerity she hadn’t seen since falling off her bike for the first time. “You’re writing a song for your child?”

She nodded. “Donavan’s and my baby.”

Verdrena was short with her daughter while trying to get her attention in the opposite direction. She and Alexander were both seated at the heads of the table. “Sweetheart, you told Antonio about the baby? When?” Verdrena’s lips moved rapidly as she spoke. Then she offered a quick sign: “When!”

Avery’s eyes widened. She was still stuck on the fact that Donavan wasn’t here yet. He was never on time to anything, but at least by now, he should’ve gotten her invitation and arrived.

Antonio asserted himself. “She told me a few weeks ago, Mom. Sip your wine. Besides, I needed to know,”

Her father waved at her again. “Beautiful, are you alright?”

Shifting around in her seat, Avery couldn’t help that an overwhelming feeling had begun to creep over her.

“I told Antonio. I had the right,” Her reply was irritable as her mother’s. She cast her gaze down toward her salad and speared a tomato to signify the end of the discussion.

Avery perceived emotions radiating from them from each family member. From her father, it was guilt, or maybe if she gave him the benefit of the doubt, it was worry.

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