Trinket ✔️

CH-22

"Phantasm"

How unpredictable life can be? she never wanted to be with him and now all she craved was him. she was pregnant the second time but she was not as joyful as she was the last time.

Her thoughts were chaotic and she herself was missing everything she left behind. since that last conversation with Olivia, she herself was in the big debt of her wrongdoing, she never in the past 5 years felt this guilty. 

"Mom?..." Ivy on the call with Olivia.

Olivia was quiet for few seconds but she was aware she couldn't be like this, and the word MOM pinched her so much that her words came out harsh as possible "you lost all rights when you left my son dying on the street of nowhere, Mrs. Roberts." she highlighted the last words with so much hatred.

Ivy's heart was already dancing delinquency and her lips themselves were behaving like a vault.

she wanted to express her regrets but Olivia was on another level with her outburst.

"I am sorry Mom, sorry... Mrs. Jack...sonville." she so wanted to hug her and cry her misery out that how much pressure she was in, when she left him half dead in his car, but look how much her destiny was repelling her.

"what do you want Ivy?" Olivia asked calming herself down. she never thought the girl she loved the most could do something insensible.

"Please, forgive me for my wrongdoings, I know I should have not left him there, but I... I was... forced, I'm sorry Mom, I am so sorry." Ivy cried her heart out but Olivia simply just without saying anything ended the call.

Her six months old belly growled when she came out of the memories of her beloved mother-in-law.

"Mommy, Mommy..." A distant sound made her change the direction of her head and she walked outside from her room.

Niall came back from Jacksonville after a month and she was very happy after seeing her son's return.

He was staying with Owen these days and he comes to meet her every second Saturday because that was his long weekend holidays.

Since that day Owen didn't see Ivy and he never returned to Seatle or Roberts's place. Every time Niall visited her, the hope of seeing Owen gets high, she freaking was craving for some other man, while she was pregnant with someone else's.

Her ethics, her upbringing everything was challenging her and she just wanted to be happy once in her life.

she wanted to run away from the continuous feeling of being getting hurt and left out.

she wanted to abort this child, which in case she would never if it was Owen's but after seeing Paul and his family's happiness and the things they did for her and Niall was not letting her do any harm to this unborn soul.

look at the irony, when she wanted it the most, she could not and when it came to her, she regretted it.

she came down holding her back and saw her bundle of happiness, the ray of sunshine in her dark moor.

"Mommy... oops you look fat," said Niall with giggles.

she smiled and he tried to get in her arms but due to her belly, it was difficult.

she saw his happy face and remembered the day when he was crying leaving her alone.

"Mommy, I don't want to go." Baby Naill cried in the arms of her mother.

he looked at Owen and then pulled his face down sniffing with his small red nose.

he so wanted to hit Owen's face to take him away from his Mommy, but he couldn't because he somewhere started to like Owen just for his personality.

"He is your Dad, sweety... he loves you," Ivy said consoling her young breath

"No, mommy he is not, he is my dad," Niall's fingers pointed towards Paul.

Owen came forward and took stubborn Niall in his arms and kissed his forehead "I am so sorry baby, I came late, but I am your father and I love you so much." he just looked deep into his son's eyes and Niall looked at his mother's face.

"Yes sweety, Owen is your dad, please go with him, you can visit mommy and daddy every weekend or whenever you want," said Ivy with moist eyes.

he looked at Owen and when he got confirmation by his single nod he asked his mommy "PROMISE?"

"Promise, sweety." Paul was seeing all this and was not interrupting anything because his mind was planning a big deal of getting Niall by the law.

he simply wanted to give Owen the pleasure of having his son and then right when he will be happy, he would snatch him away so he remained quiet.

he patted Niall's head and whispered "daddy loves you." and left the ex-family alone in the hall.

Andrew came down with both of their bags and went straight to the car.

Niall's eyes were red and he was simply in a hug with his father and was not ready to leave his mommy.

His sweet voice broke the rumination when she saw his son with puffed cheeks and looking a little vexed.

her eyes fell on Andrew who was standing behind the sofa with a smile on his face.

"Good evening Madam, Please take care of the young master. I'll pick him on Monday morning." by saying this he bid his farewell from both mother and son.

"Are you hungry sweety?" she asked Niall and he nodded his head, they both went to the kitchen and she tried to place Niall on the kitchen top but then Paul's voice stopped her. "IVY?"

They both looked at him and Niall ran towards his daddy, he took him in his arms and kissed his forehead. "I missed you champ."

"I missed you too daddy," he said with his baby smile.

"why were you holding him, Ivy you should be careful," Paul said with his concerned voice looking towards Ivy.

Niall felt a little pain in his small heart, that his daddy stopped his mommy from holding him, then he asked "why daddy?" both Ivy and Paul looked at him and told him "your mommy is pregnant sweety, you will become a big brother soon." Paul explained with joy and Ivy just smiled.

But Niall just remained quiet. He was not ready to share Ivy with anyone and after getting treated like this, No, Never! after all, he was Owen's blood.