Chapter 5
Theodore stared at the two beggar kids with this twisted expression on his face.
I put on my sweetest smile. “Tom One, Tom Two-say hi to your real mom and dad! Time to go home with them!”
The mentally disabled Tommy grinned this huge, drooling smile and lunged at Ava in a bear hug.
‘Mama! Hehe! Mama!” Snot, tears, and drool went everywhere as he clung to her.
she shrieked and shoved him away hard.
Get the hell away from me! You’re fucking gross!”
Tommy went stumbling backward, and Tom caught him, shooting Ava a look that could kill.
Ah! I was loving every second of this.
What’s wrong? Your sons didn’t get into Harvard so now you don’t want them?”
Ava looked like she wanted to strangle me, but with all these people watching, she had to choke down her fury.
Of course they’re my sons. I’ll… I’ll take care of them.”
With dozens of Quinn relatives staring, Theodore and Ava had zero choice but to play happy parents, even though you could see them dying inside.
he turned on me with pure venom in her eyes.
Why are my boys like this? Did you abuse them?”
threw my hands up innocently.
Hey, don’t look at me. Must be some bad genes from you or Theodore that gave them all those birth defects.”
I had my own life to live, and since you two ditched them, I stuck them in the system.”
va’s finger was shaking as she pointed at me, her whole face turning purple, but she couldn’t spit out a single word.
‘heodore and Ava ended up eating shit and smiling through it.
ll they could do was slink out of there with their damaged kids while everyone watched in horror.
Once Theodore was gone, the whole party just imploded.
My ex-in-laws were bawling their eyes out, totally unable to process that their Harvard-bound grandsons weren’t actually blood relatives…
Here’s the thing-about a week before this party, I’d dropped by Theodore’s parents’ place.
tanding outside their door, I caught pieces of their conversation-stuff about “the birthday,” “teaching Harper a lesson,” “claiming the boys,” “family
eunion.”
Didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out their little scheme.
So I just played right into it and made sure Tom One and Tom Two would be there for the big reveal.
They wanted their perfect family reunion? I was thrilled to make their dreams come true.
After eighteen years of eating shit from the Quinn family, it was time to serve it right back…
After I sold the house, I bought a new place.
Made sure to pick the unit right across the hall from Ava’s apartment.
The neighbors filled me in on all the juicy details-turns out Ava and Theodore had been shacked up here the whole damn time,
Everyone in the building thought they were this amazing, devoted couple.
But now? Those lovebirds were at each other’s throats 24/7.
These apartments have walls like tissue paper, so I got front-row seats to their daily meltdowns.
“This is all YOUR fault, Theodore! Your genius plan totally screwed us!”
“Well you’re the one who popped out two fucking defects! How are we supposed to deal with this shit?”
“Oh please! It’s obviously your messed-up DNA!”
“My DNA? Then explain how Gabriel and Raphael turned out perfect!”
“These two worthless pieces of shit! How did they end up being my sons? Fuck!”
