Memories [Book 2] [A Langson Fan Fic]

Eleven

Olivia packed up once the girls were in bed. She took her bags out to the car before going back inside to see her husband once last time. She found him in their room with his head hung.

"I'll be around still... I promise. I just need to get out of the house and let Ember have her space." Olivia spoke, as she ran her fingers over his back. Trevor nodded slowly before sighing softly.

"Okay... but I need you here. I need you... Adalee and Ainsley need you too. I'm sorry if Ember has been stupid-"

"She is going through a lot, Trev... And me trying to force a relationship on her isn't working out... so she needs her space. I love you, but I need to go. My mom is waiting up for me. I'm going to see the girls once last time and then I'm heading out."

"I'll meet you downstairs then," Trevor whispered, before pulling his wife into a deep kiss.

Olivia left the bedroom before walking across the hall. She slowly opened Ainsley's door before walking in. She walked over to the bed before leaning down and kissing her forehead gently. Then she moved through the bathroom and to the older girls' adjoining room. She slowly walked over and looked at Ember as she slept, before hesitantly leaning down and kissing her forehead softly. She did the same to Adalee before leaving.

"Can you be here in the morning? Before the girls get up?" Trevor asked quickly.

"No. I have a shift tomorrow. I'll be over for dinner another night... okay? Just get the girls to school and the bus can bring them home. As usual."

"Okay. Uh, I love you." Trevor breathed.

"I love you too, Trevor. I'll text you before I go to bed."

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The next morning, Trevor slowly got everything around to send the girls to school. He made their lunches, even if it wasn't the same way Olivia did them. Then he got their uniforms hung on their doors before knocking on the doors to wake the girls up. He headed downstairs after hearing them get up and start to get around for school. 

"Morning, Trevor." Adalee yawned, as she came downstairs and into the kitchen. She had her hairbrush and a few ribbons in her hands for her mother to braid her hair.

"Hey, honey. Want me to do your hair?" Trevor questioned, as he sat the gallon of milk on the island.

"Nah, I want Momma to do it." She replied.

"Uh, Adalee-"

"Where's Momma?!" Ainsley exclaimed as she came running into the kitchen with her own hairbrush stuck in a knot in her thick brown hair.

"Girls, your Momma isn't here," Trevor spoke, as Ember quietly walked in.

"Why not?" Adalee asked quickly.

"Because she felt bad about how everyone has been fighting. She went to stay with your grandmother..."

"Finally," Ember spoke, as she walked over and grabbed her bowl and started to fill it with cereal.

"Finally?! Ember, my Momma isn't here anymore because of you! Why did you have to be so mean to her?!" Adalee cried as she threw her brush onto the counter as Trevor worked on getting Ainsley's from her curls.

"Because I don't want her around! I was so much better off with just my Dad. I'll never apologize to you or your mother because I don't want any of you around!" Ember yelled. Adalee started to breathe heavily, and Trevor looked at her with wide eyes. He had never seen her like this before.

She started to hold onto her chest as tears streamed down her cheeks.

"I. Need. Momma." She panted.

"Adalee, what's happening, baby?" Trevor asked as he and Ainsley walked towards her.

"I'm scared." She whimpered.

"Take slow breaths, honey."

"It's her... her anxiety!" Ainsley exclaimed, getting the word right for the first time.

"Oh god... okay. What can I do to help her?" Trevor asked, as Adalee sank down onto the ground and started to rock back and forth as she sobbed and her breathing was still coming quickly and sharply.

"Momma just holds her," Ainsley spoke, and Trevor nodded before sinking down onto the floor. He pulled the small girl onto his lap and rocked her back and forth as she clung to him.

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Trevor drove Adalee to Olivia's work. He left her in the car, as he walked into the garage and towards where his wife was packing up a bag.

"Liv?" Trevor asked.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Olivia questioned, as she quickly walked over to him and hugged him tightly.

"Adalee had a panic attack this morning... I called her in and I brought her with me. She wants to see you." Trevor spoke. Olivia nodded as she quickly walked towards the car.

"Momma." Adalee whimpered, as she climbed out of the front seat and quickly hugged her mother. Olivia held her daughter close before kissing her hair gently.

"Hey, baby. I heard you had a bad morning, huh?" Olivia questioned.

"Yeah... I got scared when you left." Adalee whispered.

"Oh, don't be scared, baby. I'm never leaving you forever. I'm just staying with Grandma for a bit. I'm coming over tomorrow night for dinner." Olivia spoke, before lifting her daughter up and hold her close. Adalee wrapped her legs around her mother's waist as she sniffled.

"Ember said that she was better off without any of us... all she wants is to be with Trevor... but we are a family! I love Trevor, and I wish that Ember could love you too!" Adalee sobbed. She clung tightly to her mother's neck. Olivia turned around and looked at her husband as tears welled in her eyes.

"I think that maybe this needs to end... I can't have my daughter's anxiety get worse just because I want to be your wife... I'm sorry, Trevor." Olivia breathed, as she moved into the garage with Adalee still in her arms.

Trevor ran his hand over his face as his anger grew again. He knew that he had to figure out something to get Ember to accept the marriage and change in their family.

"Olivia, let me talk-"

"Ember isn't going to change, Trevor. You know that, and I know that. So please, just let this take its natural course. I'll get Ainsley after she gets out of school."

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