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Atonement

Christmas was fast approaching and so were the coldest days in winter. Mrs Greenwood had just been informed about her pancreatic disease. It wasn’t mentioned how many days she had left to live but, her days weren’t promised either. The ride from Gayus BioSystems in London was one of the longest rides she had ever taken in her life. The first one was the ride out of Greenville on the day she left Fredrick Hughson at the doorstep of his grandmother. The second, well, the second wasn’t as long as the first, but it could count, she had intentionally forgotten another of her sons at daycare. She really was a bad mother… but who could blame her? Children weren’t part of her plans for the future and it had to remain so. The next few hours of the ride was a torture, she repeatedly relived those moments as though they were the only moments she made bad decisions, when in fact, bad decisions were her everyday life. Lovelyn Arnold, now married to a British man by the name David Greenwood,-
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Off-route

“Answer it then, Attorney Clinton.” Gary teased.“I’ll have my assistant do it…” Alex shrugged.“You’ll have your assistant handle your biggest client? I might have to start looking for a new Attorney for the company.” Fredrick riposted.“My god, Freddie! Why’re you so intense?” Alex said, snatching his phone from the table.“You better listen as well.”Alex readjusted in his seat and clicked the answer button,“Good morning, Mr Clinton.” Fredrick recognized the voice immediately. “It’s Felix” he whispered.“What can I do for you, Felix?” Alex said softly, yet his tone was firm and stern.“I have no permission to call you, but I’d rather you handled the case, Sir.” Felix said. His tone and demeanor made even Fredrick shift in his chair, “What’s this about?” Alex asked.“There’s a woman…”Alex’s heart sank immediately, he contemplated putting the call off loud speaker, but that would seem suspicious for Fredrick and his wife. So he squinted his eyes and crossed his fingers, hoping
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Lovelyn

“Stay in the car..” Alex repeated for the umpteenth time.Fredrick strained his neck to take a look at the lady waiting at the entrance of the complex, she was an aged woman in her 50s. Her face was not very clear to him but he was relieved that it wasn’t Claire. As Gary and Alex stepped out of the car, his first thought went to Avery. He fumbled his pockets, looking for his phone.As if on cue, Avery had beaten him to it.He smiled softly as he pressed the answer button.“I’m safe, it is not Claire, I promise…” Fredrick exclaimed.He could hear her taking deep breaths of relief on the other side of the phone. “I am relieved…” Avery confessed.The conversation went quiet for a second, then he said,“Can we go out to dinner tonight? It’s been a while we ate out…”Avery beamed from ear to ear, smiling at the thought of stepping out with her husband once again with a protruding stomach but she concealed it.“I don’t know…” she pouted,“I don’t want to fight another woman over my own
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Intoxicating aroma of food and emotions

“I’m not ready…” Gary read. Alex’s text message to him had been replaying in his head for the last two days. He was in a turmoil as much Alex was, however for a totally different reason.Where Alex was worried about disrupting Fredrick’s life with the news of his mother’s return, Gary was worried that they were only delaying the inevitable. He was more concerned about Fredrick’s feelings when he would eventually find out about their secret.Regardless of his fears, Alex was his Attorney, professionally his decision towered over his. “Is something going on with the boys?” Margaret whispered, in a quiet conversation with Avery and Noah.“Gary and Alex have been acting quite distant…” “Yes, I noticed. Since the day they were called to Fredrick’s office.” Noah concurred.Avery frowned slightly, trying to connect the dots of their observations. “I haven’t quite noticed, Fredrick has been the same.”“I think he doesn’t know what’s going on with them…” Noah riposted.“Last night, while
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Hubbub

“How can he tell from a memory thirty years ago?” Margaret said.“Fredrick took deep heavy breathes, inhaling and exhaling in futile attempts to calm himself. He had to be calm for his brother, and for the sanity of every body present.“Come…” he gestured to Adrian.“Yes Uncle Fredrick…” “Go get the envelope in Nei-Nei’s safe drawer. Do you know the combination?”“Yes Uncle.”Fredrick held Noah down, setting him right beside him.“Take a deep breath, Noah.” “I understand how you feel, but can you pull yourself together?”“What’s in the envelope?!” Noah asked.“It’s a picture of her…” Fredrick replied.“And you didn’t think to show it to me? What’s wrong with everybody?!”“Noah, watch your tone!” Margaret scolded.“Why? Because he’s not my brother? Is that what you’re going to say next?”The door banged shut and Adrian’s footsteps could be heard approaching in the distance.Soon, he stepped into the dining with an envelope in hand.“Is this it?” Before he could complete his sentence
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Edge of the cliff

“The day is still young, you two can talk it out, Margaret. Alex doesn’t deserve the treatment you’re giving him, neither does Noah.” Avery paused, awaiting her response. Soon, the silence between them was filled with sniffles and sobs. Avery glanced at her and she was covered in tears, obviously pained and angry at the same time. Avery couldn’t understand why she was crying and Margaret wouldn’t talk to her about it. She was equally surprised that Alex had readily agreed to their break up.“I don’t think he loves me…” Margaret finally confessed. Avery nodded, not in support of her claims, but to show that she understood her.“He should have spoken with me. When I said he should have told me about Noah’s …” Margaret paused. She couldn’t bring herself to say the words mother, it was too heavy. Again, Avery nodded understandably. “I just want Alex to confide in me. He couldn’t tell Fredrick or Noah about it for fear of disrupting their lives. I don’t see a reason why he couldn’t tel
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In one snap; everything beautiful withers

The door banged shut and Margaret slumped into the sofa next to the wardrobe, crying bitterly at Alex’s words.“How did everything fall apart? How did I ruin it?!” Her sobs could be heard from the other room. Fredrick held Avery’s shuddering body in an embrace, patting her in the back.“I don’t think you should go…” Fredrick said.“I can’t help it…” Avery cried. Her voice was small and sad. “Margaret feels terrible…”“If you go, you’ll make her feel even worse…” Avery pulled away from him and their gazes locked, hers was that of confusion. Her eyebrows corked in a doubtful expression.“How is that? Can you talk to Alex? Margaret really didn’t mean that?”“And Alex is a man of his words. He doesn’t play around with words. She broke up with him in a moment when he needed her support, her encouragement…” “To him, that’s sequel to abandonment. Alex doesn’t hurt easily, but when he gets hurt, it takes more than just apologies to get it right.”“Margaret has lost him… she has. Going ove
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I’ve been alive, Lovelyn.

The morning came and it was no different for anyone except Noah and Fredrick. Lovelyn Arnold had called a few hours ago to make an appointment with them by 2pm.At first, Fredrick wanted to appear casual but he immediately changed his mind when he saw Noah dressed in a sharp, tailored suit that exuded confidence and sophistication. His initial plan to be casual suddenly seemed inadequate, “Why are you dressed like that?” “Like what?” Noah replied, throwing on a coffee brown coat over the lighter shade of brown suit he had under. Sophisticated was an understatement, he looked like a million dollars. Fredrick instantly reconsidered his casual outfit, hurrying inside for a better look. “Babe!” He called for Avery, who was by the way in Margaret’s room, consoling her for the tenth time since morning. Reluctantly, he pushed the door open and beckoned his wife to follow him. “Please? For a second…”“Sure” Avery replied.“Is this what you’re wearing?” Avery asked, surprised to see h
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I’m sorry, I can’t call you mother.

Lovelyn’s eyes were widened in shock at the slight details of Fredrick’s life. She had been looking up his life on the internet, following tweets about him, nothing had prepared her for the moment where she was to become a grandmother.Her eyes softened affectionately as she glanced at Noah and observed his hands on his brother’s thighs.“Don’t leave me with her, please” Noah pleaded.“You two became really close…” Lovelyn smiled wryly.“Trauma bonded…” Noah snapped.Lovelyn took a deep breath, of course, she expected him to cuss at her. His father was hot headed like that.“Did your brother raise you?” “I have parents, and a sister” Noah replied.“I was adopted by good people. They found me in a nursery and carried me home.” Noah’s words froze in the cold silence of the room. He wiped a tear that had escaped his eye and cleared his throat, trying to regain composure.“I hear you have questions…” “Why did you do it?” Noah blurted.“For two consecutive times, why did you do it?” “W
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It is not a lie, I’m afraid

“Did you lie about his father being abusive?” Alex asked, his professional voice cracking out.“Defamation- that’s what it is called. Putting a false accusation on someone.”“He wasn’t abusive, his family just didn’t like me. Then I suddenly realized I was pregnant and we were not even married.” Lovelyn confessed, this time her voice was firm and unapologetic. She bore no sentiments.Noah nodded, feeling completely relieved about the real reason for her actions.“Now I can live with myself…” he said.“When you told me that my father was abusive, I felt terrible about it. Thinking ah, it wasn’t her fault. It was better to stay alive than to be beaten to pulp for my sake. But then Fredrick asked, “why didn’t you ever come back for me and it woke my doubts.”Fredrick took a deep breath thinking carefully about the next few words he was about to say, considering his brother’s hurts too, and well, Lovelyn’s indifference and insensitivity to him.A realization had hit him on the face, Lovely
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