Chapter 10 -- Dix.


    After being introduced to almost everyone in the room personally, De felt tired but happy. Her father


    wasn''t embarrassed of her in anyway, infact he wanted to show her off to everyone he knew.


    "If it isn''t the Levetté family." Ad''s father said nonchntly. De immediately felt a shiver run down


    her spine. She didn''t want any trouble hopefully they would all act civil.


    "Garreth." Ben Levetté gave him a nod. De turned around and the first thing she met was his blue


    alluring eyes. She quickly looked away.


    "Long time no see, Garreth." Jeanine said in a monotonous tone. De could feel his eyes all over her


    even though she wasn''t looking at him. She felt self conscious. Her father had his handid gently on


    his daughters back as he tried not to show his anger.


    "Yes yes, I must say I''m quite embarrassed by what my daughter did." Garreth said and De knew this


    wasn''t going to end well.


    "Ad won''t you greet your old family dear?" He said his British ent going unnoticed.


    "Uhm Evening." She said before looking anywhere else.


    "You look very beautiful, I must admit." Jeanine said in a low tone.


    "Dells you look popping." Luc said giving her a wink and she gave him a brief smile. She didn''t want to


    look at Andre in fact she didn''t want him to even say anything to her.


    "Hi Ad." Andre said trying to look into her eyes but she quickly nodded and looked away.


    "As I was saying, I''m very embarrassed by what my daughter did..." Garreth said faking hurt. "She


    cheated on your son and stole so much money from your family, goodness Ad. How could you ?"


    Garreth added. De felt very ufortable.


    "Oh no its fine really.." Jeanine faked a smile while her husband almost choked on his beverage. Andre


    and Luc felt a pang of guilt.


    "That is why she is going to apologise and I''m willing to pay you back the money that she stole and the


    money you wasted on a wedding that never availed to anything but you can''t bring back her innocence


    can you? Andre." Garreth smirked at his ex-son inw who seemed a bit taken aback. De felt worse


    and this little encounter they were having was starting to turn heads.


    "If I pay back all the money she stole, will it be possible for you to bring back her innocence." Garreth


    repeated with a hint of coldness in his voice. De had mentioned a few years back how she kept to


    herself so that she could give herself only to her husband. It made Garreth angry that she gave him,


    her all and it still wasn''t enough so he wanted to give him a solemn reminder.


    "No, i can''t." Andre replied as he clinched his jaw.


    "Father, i think-" De was cut off by her father.


    "So tell me, exactly how much did she take ?" He asked on a serious note then clicked his fingers.


    "Fabio bring my cheque book."


    "Very well sir." Fabio turned on his heel.


    "How much did she steal that''s all I''m asking ? I want us to mend our rtions and I can only start by


    fixing my daughters wrongs." He faked feeling guilty.


    "I think we can resolve this in private." Jeanine said in a whispered voice because it seemed now


    everyone in the room was listening.


    "When you threw my daughter out like a dog, that was private right because I certainly remember


    reading about it in the paper. When your son brought his new mistresses in the house while my


    daughter was there, that wasn''t private was it?" Garreth spat, anger was the only emotion he felt. He


    never wanted anyone to cross those whom he loved.


    "Garreth calm down." Ben said lowly.


    "Calm down, calm down!! You mistreated my daughter and expect me to calm down. Your son took my


    daughter''s innocence, he made her fucking pregnant and you all helped kick her out like a dog. NOW I


    SHOULD CALM DOWN." Garreth chuckled lightly.


    "No, they were nice to me and-" De tried to protest but was cut off.


    "Ad, you don''t deserve this and I''m sorry for putting you through this but I have to say this. No one


    ever stands up for you well that has changed I''m here now. I''m your father and I don''t ever want


    anyone to hurt you never." Garreth whispered to his daughter but everyone else could hear it.


    "Sir there is the cheque book." Fabio returned with a pen in hand and a cheque book. Thankfully the


    press wasn''t allowed inside as this was a private g.


    "So how much was it Jeanine?" Garreth spat her name with bitterness.


    "Grandpa is Mister Andre my dad?" Leondre asked taking all the attention away from their argument.


    Garreth didn''t want to say the wrong thing so he looked at his daughter for help and she nodded.


    "Uhm honeye here, let''s go upstairs." She said calmly and the little boy still confused nodded. He


    understood that if his mother was pregnant it meant that there was a baby. All the boys in his ss


    talked about how their mommies were pregnant and had big bellies. He watched a movie once when


    his mom was asleep, it showed his all the cringey stuff on how adults made babies and got pregnant.


    "I wille with you." Andre said out of the blue. They walked towards the washrooms, De lifted her


    son up and ced him on the counter. He looked so cute in his tuxedo but still that wasn''t the point.N?velDrama.Org holds text ? rights.


    Andre followed right behind them.


    "Uhm honey, what were you saying before?" De asked the little boy who only blinked feeling


    confused.


    "Is Mister Andre my dad?" He asked once again. Andre cleared his throat, letting De know that he


    was present in the room.


    "What made you think that honey?" De asked.


    "Grandpa said Mister Andre made you pregnant, mommy." Leo whispered feeling shy because sex was


    something he would giggle about and hide his face.


    "Do you want Mister Andre to be your daddy ?" De asked caressing her son''s cheeks and he


    nodded. Andre felt his heart tug, watching his son talk to his mother. He had missed out on alot and he


    didn''t understand why but seeing the mother of his son and the three of them in one room made him


    happy. Without any disturbance just them, the three of them. He knew not alot of people wanted to see


    them happy.


    "Mister Andre took me out for ice cream." Leo added and De immediately stood up straight she


    red at Andre, who was still caught of daze checking her out and her boobs weren''t helping because


    they were only waking up his member down there. He needed to focus.


    "Just one time." He lied. "Maybe a couple of times"


    De turned back to her son.


    "So is he my dad?" Leo asked again and De felt that she didn''t want to be like her mother, hiding her


    father away from her son.


    "Yes honey, Mister Andre is your dad." She said feeling a bit hesitant.


    "You kicked my mom out?" He asked Andre who seemed taken aback by the six year olds questions.


    Garreth McCarthy was to me but most of all he med himself for even doing it in the first ce.


    "Uhm honey your daddy loves you okay and he wants to spend time with you. He will evene to


    your ser games, don''t you want that?" She soothed him.


    "I do mommy but if Mister Andre makes you sad then I don''t want him to be my daddy." Leo said softly.


    He loved his mother so much.


    "No no no, don''t worry about me okay. I will be okay." She didn`t realize tears were streaming down her


    cheeks.


    "Then why are you crying ?" The little boy asked.


    "Something got in my eye, i guess." She said quickly wiping away the tears. she could feel Andre''s


    presence behind her.


    "I don''t ever want to hurt your mommy or make her sad. I promise bud." Andre said to his son who


    looked at him expectedly. Suddenly the door bust open and M came in.


    "Uhm sorry, I was just checking. Call me if you need me." She said quickly leaving the room the same


    way she came.


    "Can I call you dad like other kids at my school ? it would seem weird if I called you Mister Andre." Leo


    asked and Andre had never felt so happy in his entire life except for when he saw De walk down the


    aisle. No one could have ever imagined that this was how their night would end.


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    Chapter 11 -- Onze.


    "That man made us look like fools." Jeanine sighed during breakfast.


    "Well, we all know who is to me for that." Andre said bitterly.


    "What do you mean by that? this is all your fault for having resorted to kicking her out like that." Jeanine


    said oblivious to the fact that everyone around the table knew what she had done.


    "Mom how long are are you going to keep this up?" Andre asked on a serious note. It seemed Luc and


    Andre''s father, all they ever did whenever something happened was watch, stare and not interfere.


    Andre was getting annoyed by their choice of stance.


    "What are you trying to say ?" Jeanine sipped on her orange juice and stared at her son.


    "Would it hurt for you to admit that you were wrong and you purposely destroyed my marriage. You are


    the reason why I missed six years of my son''s life. You are the reason why things turned out the way


    they did and I don''t know what''s worse? the fact that you pretend like you don''t know anything or rather


    the fact that you begged De not to say anything about our son and better yet even tried to pay her


    off." He clenched his jaw clearly frustrated. "I don''t even know you anymore mother. I don''t think I ever


    did.." Andre said wiping his lips with the napkin and excusing himself. His parents had invited him to


    have breakfast in the family house otherwise he would rather be else where. He thought just maybe his


    mother wanted to apologise but boy was he wrong!


    "Did you see what your son just did? he walked out on me. Always been stubborn." Jeanine whined.


    Benjamin Levetté cleared his throat and was ready to leave as well.


    "Just cut the crap, Jeanine. This—all this—is all your fault." Ben said looking disinterested.


    "Luc-" Jeanine turned to her youngest son.


    "Mom, what you did wasn''t cool. Totally not cool mom." Luc saidstly throwing the napkin on the


    uncleared table. He wanted tough on the low but tried to act serious for once in his life.


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    De couldn''t sleep a wink after the events that had happened the night before. She decided to call her


    mother after six months of silence between them. She just hoped maybe her mother would be willing to


    change and actually amend things between them.


    "Hey what''s up?" Someone answered the phone. De smiled knowing it was her thirteen year old


    brother.


    "Hi, can I speak to Marc ?" De replied.


    "And whom am I speaking to?" He questioned.


    "Just an friend, Ad." She rep(lied) knowing her mother would probably hate her more than she


    already does if she ever revealed anything about being rted to Marc.


    "MOM, THERE IS ADELA ON THE PHONE FOR YOU." De listened carefully as Lyle yelled for his


    mom to pick up the phone.


    "What do you want ?" Marc hissed on the phone after some few minutes.


    "Just checking on you." Ad said in a sad tone, she wasn''t surprised that the atmosphere between


    them had not changed.


    "If it''s money, you know I won''t give you even if I had it." Marc said in a nonchnt tone. Her


    husband was a well knowwyer.


    "You know i have never asked for anything from you especially not money." Ad whispered feeling a


    tad bit hurt. Marc rolled her eyes and wondered why she was calling.


    "So?" She retaliated.


    "I found my father, Garreth McCarthy and he wants to be in my life." Ad said softly.


    "He is still alive ?" Marc asked a hint of hurt in her tone.


    "Yes and he is very sessful, certainly done well for himself." Ad said proudly.


    "Mhm." was all Marc could mutter.


    "Did he-" before Marc could continue De interrupted.


    "Yes, he told me everything." She nodded forgetting that she was alone in her room and her mother


    couldn''t see her.


    "Good." Marc said. Ad was surprised because her mother had never been one to be short of


    words.


    "If that''s all, I will be hanging up."


    "No, wait. Won''t you even ask how your grandson is doing?" De pestered.


    "Do I look like I care about your bastard child. I''m too young to even have a six year old grandson."


    Marc spat. This was when Ad felt anger boil inside her, she didn''t even know why she kept on


    trying to see the good in her mother no matter what she did.


    "Don''t worry, I won''t ever bother you again. You will never hear from me again and can I just say, I


    didn''t ask to be born. You need to own up to your mistakes like Garreth did and stop making me feel


    bad for even existing. You had a choice, to have sex. You had a choice to use protection or not. You


    had a choice to abort me, send me for adoption or keep me. You had all these choices and you


    decided only you Marc no one else decided for you. I want you to know that I have always loved you


    no matter how badly you treated me. I wish you well with your life, this is thest time you will hear from


    me. Good bye Marc." Ad immediately hanged up the phone. She scrolled through her contacts


    and deleted the one contact saved as Marc. Sheid back on the bed looking at the ceiling thinking


    abut how much her life had drastically changed.


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