*Ava's residence* Summer and the kids were in the living room when Ava came in. The boys ran to her immediately she came in and she bent to receive them. "How are my boys doing today?" She said as she rubbed her face on each of their belly causing them to laugh. "I miss you mommy" Leonard said Ava turned to Leighton who seemed moody "What's wrong little man" she said as she pulled Leighton closer to her. "Mummy, Leighton swallowed an orange seed and aunty Summer said the seed will grow and cause an orange tree to grow from his belly" Leonard explained. Ava smiled a bit and looked at Summer who was smiling sheepishly before turning to Leighton. "Hey baby, have you used the toilet since then?" Leighton nodded and she smiled. "Then you don't have to worry about it. That only applies if you don't use the toilet before the days end, but since you already did, the seed has gone out into the toilet, just be careful next time" she said ruffling his hair. Leighton hugged h
As soon as Ava got back, she called Raymond immediately. "Hey, I never knew you had my contact Ruby" Raymond said. "That's because you left it on my office table, dummy, well I did not call you to chat around with you, I...." Ava was cut off by Raymond before she could complete her statement. "If it's about that Date. I'm totally down for it. I have something I'd like to show you about your dad" Raymond said. "About my Dad??" Ava asked. "Yeah, I can't talk about it on the phone right now. What about we meet any day you are chanced " Raymond said. "Well, I'll check my schedule and get back to you" Ava said. " You sound so professional ma'am. well I kind of have this feeling you didn't call me about the date though " Raymond said in a matter-of-fact tone. "Well, it's nothing really, just keep your wife on the leash I don't need her sabotaging my dates" Ava rolled her eyes at the thought of the evening events. "Wait!!, did you just say wife?. You saw Bella " Raymond ask
*At Kindle Heart Hospital* Ava was about leaving her office for ward rounds when she heard a knock on the door. "Come in" she said to whoever was knocking, the door opened and Elder Sphinx and Raymond came in. "Doctor Ava, I hope we are not taking your time. I just wanted to brief you about the meeting with Dr Brandon" Elder Sphinx said. "please sit. I should have called to follow up on it. I'm sorry you had to come all the way" Ava said as she waited for them to sit. "Well, we decided to go through with the surgery" Elder Sphinx said. Raymond wasn't saying anything, so it made it easier for her to pretend he wasn't in the room. "Well, that's a good choice. I'm sure Doctor Brandon has ran you through the process and I want to assure you I'll keep tabs on everything. you are in safe hands" Ava said to Elder Sphinx. "Thank you Doc" the old man said. "So when is the appointment?" Ava asked. "Monday. we are here for pre surgery check in" Elder Sphinx said. "It's stil
**Ava's Residence** "Why are we not dropping the kids off at my parents, I mean I get that I'm the one always advocating for the both of you to get together, but this just seems weird" Summer said. "Well, I decided to give your advice a shot and he knows not to tell the kids he is their Father, so I guess it's all fine in the end" Ava said hoping she sounded convincing enough. "I still don't get it though" Summer said as Raymond knocked on the door. Ava opened the door and Raymond was standing there with Andre. "Hello Raymond" she turned to Andre and said " What's your name little man?" " Andre" he said as he cutely hid behind Raymond. "He's not really great with people" Raymond said as he held Andre close to him. "That's Alright, I'm sure we will get along. Please come in the kids are waiting" Ava said as she stepped aside for Raymond and Andre to come in. Andre walked in first while Raymond stopped briefly in front of Ava and whispered. "You are beautiful".
**Ava's Residence** "What happened here??" Ava and Summer asked Simultaneously. "Mummy, we baked pie and made mashed potatoes" Leighton said excitedly "Andre knows how to knead flour, he helped me when I spilled it all over my face" Leonard said laughing. Ava looked from Leighton to Leonard to Andre and finally settled on Raymond who pretended to be busy with cleaning the table floor. She bent down in front of Andre and played with his hair. "You smell delicious, like pie. I'm sure you made the surviving pie." She said tickling Andre who won't stop laughing and blushing. The twins were with Summer so she and Andre joined them. "How about you boys go freshen up and we show you what we got after" Ava said to them. "Come on boys. I'll race you upstairs, if I get there before you I'll take 4 bites from your pie" As soon as Summer said that, the three boys ran upstairs with Summer trailing behind them. After what seemed like an eternity of awkward silence. "Where is R
**Ava's Residence** "The kids are all asleep now. They slept off really fast, I'm guessing they had quite the day. I wonder what Raymond was told though, I've never seen him that scared before" Ava sat on the couch beside Summer. "You'll need this" Summer said handing Ava a cup of coffee. "What for??" Ava dropped the coffee on the table. Summer handed her phone over to Ava and sat up straight. Ava took the phone and saw the live video of The Sphinx Group Headquarter burning. She dropped it immediately and quickly picked up her phone and dialed Raymond's number. She dialed it continually and no response. "I'm sure he's either on a plane there or he's there already and can't talk to you. He'll call you when he can, for now you should calm down" Summer said to Ava who was pacing around the living room. "I just want to know how he's feeling. He must be really torn up about it" Ava sat beside Summer again. "Look!!" Summer exclaimed and showed her phone's screen to Ava. Ray
** Summer's Residence** Summer sat in the car for some minutes before stepping out, as soon as she entered her father yelled at her. "Why didn't you come here immediately I called you, didn't you see the news?" "I came here as soon as I could. I don't get why you are dragging me into all these, this is your mess, deal with it alone" Summer replied angrily. "Don't you dare talk to your father like that. Everything that happened we did it for you" Mrs Murdock shouted at Summer. "Oh please, spare me all that sympathetic drama. You did it for you because if you thought of me, you wouldn't have done something as cruel as that and now I have to clean up your mess" Summer replied."Sit down now" Mr Murdock shouted at Summer."Please just tell me you had nothing to do with the fire that burnt down the Sphinx' headquarter" Summer sat on the Love seat opposite her parents."We don't have anything to do with that, infact we are affected by the fire as well" Mr Murdock said."How so?" Summe
** In Raymond's Car** Raymond looked at Ava who was sitting at the other edge of the car "I'm sorry about earlier" He said but Ava didn't respond to him. "I truly am. it does something to me seeing you with that guy and yes, I know it's selfish and that's why I'm apologizing" Raymond said to her again. Ava looked at him and looked away again, the driver announced their arrival at the Sphinx' Group Hotel. They laughed from the car and headed for the V.I.P elevator that was in the private parking lot. Raymond saw the surprised look on Ava's face and he turned to explain to her "I had the private car park and elevator made so I can avoid the press, the elevator leads directly to the last floor, which is mine" Raymond said with a hint of pride in his voice. Ava nodded and joined him in the elevator, Raymond stared at Ava who made sure to avoid his face. The elevator bell rang and Ava stepped out of the elevator into the hall way that lead to Raymond's suite, Raymond placed the