Chapter 313 - Trouble just got worse (1)

19 April, Steven's apartment, City K

When he gathered his thoughts, Steven moved towards the spare bedroom door, and stood outside and he could hear Abigail sobbing inside crying out softly "No one loves me," repeatedly.

The sobbing for some reason struck right at Steven's heart. In one breath he wanted to enter the room and comfort Abigail, but at the same time there was no way he wanted to do that as it would give Abigail ideas about a relationship. Making sure the door was shut, Steven moved away and into the kitchen to make himself a coffee while pondering what to do. As he went to turn his mobile onto silent, it started ringing and seeing that the caller ID was his father he quickly answered it, placing the coffee on the benchtop as he did.

"Father, what do you want? I thought we had discussed everything earlier?"

"Is Abigail with you?" came a somewhat hesitant answer on the other end of the phone.

"No, she is in the guest room she has been using all week. Why?"

"Her father is here with me and you are on speaker phone…"

"Uncle Mo, as we discussed yesterday you drop in to see Abigail. The more you are here the sooner she can go back to her new reality with you."

"I would love that," was Kevin Mo's immediate response "But she is too fragile and before I talked to you about this I needed to talk briefly to your father."

Sensing the seriousness on the other end of the phone, Steven, picked up the coffee cup and started to walk towards his study, saying "Just wait a moment. This sounds serious and I need to be in a location where we can have this conversation."

Keeping a watch on his guest room door, Steven quickly made his way into his study, shutting the door, while turning the switch that changed the smoky glass into clear glass. He always though that this feature was a waste of design and money, but it was the first time he was grateful as he could continue to watch for Abigail but have the conversation in quiet.

Taking a seat on the sofa, and placing the coffee on the table, he then sat his phone on the table turning the speaker on.

"Father, Uncle Mo, I am in my study, and before you ask, the door is shut, and you are on speaker."

"Son, you know I have always told you after putting you through the disaster that was my marriage to your mother that your choice on who you married would be yours…"

"I remember, but that was after the two of you tried to pair me with Monica. I knew she and I would never suit, and before you say anything Uncle Mo, when you tried to do that, besides wanting nothing to do with your wife I knew she had someone she liked. It would never have been fair to push something, so I refused before any of you pushed too hard. While those desires lost your relationship with Monica Uncle Mo, despite our rough times you have never lost a relationship with me, Dad. But, having spent some time with Monica this week she is happy, with the love of her life and their beautiful children and can accept the ongoing risk that any day she could have a knock on the door telling her he died in the line of duty."

"Steven, you made the right decision refusing to let us force you and Monica together, but stupidly I let the witch that is my wife convince me to cut Monica off. From what I have seen, it has made Monica. She is happy with her life, and I suspect what the witch has put Abigail through she also did with Monica. She never liked our daughters put focused on finding them the right husband…"

"The right husband. Ha!" came Steven's cynical response. "Uncle Mo, I told dad this at the time but did not want to say anything to you. Your wife is like a b*tch in heat. All she wants is a man, and she tried to seduce me, while having at least two other loves and attempting to seduce at least two other men she was looking at for Monica's spouse. Even if I loved Monica, that was a turn off."

"F*ck. No one told me," was Kevin Mo's shocked response.

"Kevin, I knew. She even tried to seduce me at one point in time. Despite all the issues in my marriage, sleeping with the wife of a friend was one line I would never cross. Steven is right, she has always been like a b*tch in heat, constantly. I even attempted to convince you not to marry her, given the stories and rumours I had heard about her being promiscuous even then. But you were determined and giving into her parents to protect their so-called assets through the pre-nuptial agreement they demanded has her believing she can do whatever she wants without consequences. We all know what happened to their company, but your wife has never changed her attitude and views there is never a consequence."

"Dad, I hate to ask, why in the world did you call me to talk about this. I do not need to know about any of this."

"Patience son, we are getting to that."

"You are right about my wife. She has been set on pushing Abigail towards David Hwang, seeing that his wealth is something she could access for her own desires rather than considering Abigail herself. He has engaged Abigail in discussions at events, and they have seemingly developed a friendship, I just do not know. He has not contacted me one this week to ask about Abigail…"

"Uncle Mo, he has called her a couple of times, but Abigail has not spoken for long and refused to see him. When her phone rings, I have been giving her space to take the call in private. She has, though tended to place it on speaker phone and I heard a call between her, and David Hwang and it left her in tears.

-------

If you are reading this novel anywhere other than at or its apps then you are reading work that has been stolen in breach of the authors rights and those rights assigned to others.

Please support this author and only access this novel through at /book/15095783406874805 and report the illegal posting of this work.