Love In Between

CHAPTER 30

Ava was with Chloe in the house making breakfast, it was Saturday and she wasn’t going to be at work so she relieved the nanny and decided she was going to stay home with her baby.

The past was a lot to deal with for her, she needed to get her mind off of the happenings and concentrate on her child and herself today, after making sure Chloe was well fed and bathed she put her in her crib to play while she cleaned the house.

She was cleaning the kitchen floor when her phone beeped. It was Roxie. Ava was excited to hear from her even though she didn’t have any answers to give if she asked about Bruce.

“Beautiful Saturday to you Roxie,” Ava replied coldly.

“Hey are you okay?” Roxie asked in a gentle tone.

“I’m fine, just a little drowsy work was a whole lot trust me,” Ava replied frustrated.

Roxie didn’t know Ava had heard of the misfortune that had befall Quinn’s company—- no matter how much she tried to neglect the company, Ava is the owner of Quinn’s and she wanted her to stand up to her position as CEO and revive the company, her company.

“How’s the baby?” Roxie asked instead, surprised that Ava hadn’t seen the news yet

“Oh, she’s coping just fine with her babysitter, the job at CT WINES is taking all my time,” Ava complained to Roxie.

“Ava I hate to break this to you, but I want you tune in to the new channel, I mean right now” Roxie said

“Oh okay I’ll do that,” Ava said, curiosity eating her up as she turned to the news channel, the announcement on the news put Ava off balance, her hands trembled and the phone fell off

“Oh my goodness!” Ava exclaimed in bewilderment, it was all over the news that Quinn’s was falling, the company she had worked so hard for was falling and there was no one to save it.

Where did she go so wrong to miss it, she couldn’t get her thoughts in a place her mind juggled thinking about who was behind selling their company’s secret to their rival.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

She could only hold CT WINES responsible for the misfortune that had befallen her company— she could only think of one person to help rectify the issue there was only so much Roxie could do, it was not in her place to save her own company.

She held herself together and dialed Mason’s number, after several times of turning her call to voicemail he finally picked.

“Yes, how may I help you,” a masculine voice answered.

“Mason, I need to talk to you, my company… I mean Quinn is gradually going up into dust you have to—-,”

“Ava why don’t you just concentrate on your new life and child and stay out of the company’s business,” Mason replied as a matter-of-fact

“Mason I know, but really now isn’t a time to hate me it shove me aside, I already left the company so I’m not in any way a threat to you I just want —-,” Ava said but was cut off by Mason who didn’t seem impressed by her show of concern towards her company

“Ava on the contrary you were never a threat to me let’s get things clear,” Mason replied,

“Okay fine–”

“Let me finish, the company is faring just fine and even if there’s a problem I would see to it that we rectify things and everything would return to normal, so don’t worry your pretty head about Quinn’s company,” he added,

Before Ava could say another word he hung up on her,

“I should have known better than calling you,” Ava muttered under her breath, she paced around thinking of a solution and she couldn’t seem to find any, her phone rang it was Roxie.

“I know by now you must have seen the news, Mason called me screaming at the top of his voice,” Roxie said.

“Roxie I’m confused I don’t know what to do, for the first time since I left the company I want to come back—- I need to,” Ava replied

“I know how you feel Ava, everyone knows Mason is up to no good but nobody can stand up to him except you,” Roxie answered back as though Ava’s going back to the company was dependent on her choice of words.

“Roxie I need you to do something for me,”

“Alright I’m all ears, I’ll do anything to salvage the mess the company is in,” Roxie replied, she knew how much Ava loved the company and because of mismanagement the company was gradually going down the drain and her friend wasn’t even close enough to stop it from happening.

“I need you to keep your ears to the ground I’ll try and see what I can do from my end hopefully we’d come up with a plan to unravel this,” Ava responded

“Alright fine it’s no problem, take good care of yourself and the baby too,” Roxie said and hung up, Ava knew very well that only an insider would divulge such sensitive information about the company that would ruin them that way.

She blamed herself for everything, maybe if she got her act together she’d still be the CEO of Quinn’s and this wouldn’t have happened in the first place, she suspected CT WINES they’re the only company bold enough to stand up to Quinn’s.

Just as she was contemplating on what could have gone wrong at Quinn’s her phone rang,

“Hello Ava, how’re you doing?” Bruce asked

“I’m well,” Ava replied curtly, she resisted the urge that burned within her to confront Bruce and accuse him of being behind her company’s downfall.

“I’m so sorry about Quinn’s I heard about it, really sorry I’m sure you’d figure something out,” he said.

“I hope I’m able to, I’m running nuts,” she replied flatly uninterested about the happenings around her, she felt hazy and immediately wished she sent for the babysitter,

Bruce sensed the restlessness in her voice and knew he had to be with her.

“I’m coming over to look after Chloe while you rest a little,” he offered

“I’d very much appreciate that,” Ava responded, cheering up a little, there’s only so much he can do after all.