Sunflower x One night wedding

Sunflower: Chapter thirteen

Ava’s mom 

I had to hear from f*******: that my daughter, my only child, was getting married and didn’t tell me. I did not invite her own mother. I was going to talk to her. I went to her apartment and knocked on her door. There was an old lady, and I handed her my coat. 

‘It’s real faux feather that cost a lot,’ I said

‘I’m not the maid,’ she said 

Ava walked out in a robe along with Nora. My daughter had la baise. Her eyes widened. She took me into the room while Nora was with her grandmother. 

‘So when is the wedding?’

‘I think you know by now that you 're not invited,’ she said 

It shocked me Ava didn’t want me at her own wedding. The snow fell in January and I know my daughter doesn't like the snow.

‘You were never there. A nanny took care of me until thirteen and then after that I took care of my own,’ she yelled 

‘I was there, don’t lie’ 

‘When you want things, what do you want now mom what gain do you have from my wedding,’ she cried 

I walked out of another life. This is what she wanted. I'm the reason she has this life. I will leave and I won’t come back, and she is going to need me. Hell, she shouldn’t be marrying Nora, she should be with a highly respected man. She is going to need me, and I won’t be around. I did all this for her and all I ask is to be a part of this day in her life.

Ava POV

I don’t want a person who wasn’t there to come to the wedding. She couldn’t stand the sight of Nora and me together. What makes you think she can stand a wedding where the pride flags are going to be around, Bi and Pan flags around. She treats people like their maid. She knows Nora’s grandmother. 

‘I’m sorry, Ms. Rivers, about my mom,’ I said 

‘Honey, we were together all this time, you 're marrying my grandmother and you can’t say my name right,’ grandma Rivers said 

I walked back into the room. Did I make a mistake not inviting my mother to my wedding? But I can’t have my parents there, they are the reason for my anxieties. I laid in the darkness thinking Nora came to the corner where the bed is.

‘It’s perks of owning the building and having two apartments,’ Nora said 

I stayed silent. She grabbed my hand. I tried to think about other things like how in five months I'm going to be married to the love of my life. I can’t think about stopping thinking about the wedding and how it’s going to be outside with sunflower and I don’t know where are we going on our honeymoon Nora planned all that. I had my bachelorette party tonight. Raya, Atlas and Jenny, Brooklyn and Nina supposed to kidnap me, I guess. I checked the group chat to see something.

*Brooklyn removed Nina from the group chat

Brooklyn: She was part of the Vegas things party is the last thing I want her party 

I should have known Logan didn’t act alone. Nina was a part of it. I threw my phone to the ground. I tried seeing my therapist, but they told me that Logan doing what he did was god work. I grabbed a pair of Nora sweatpants and I grabbed a shirt and my shoes and I powered out the door. I can’t stop thinking about all the things I could f**k up like my kids' wedding and my wedding. Nora came after me. I'm trying to understand how we went from high school to now. She grabbed my hand; I like to think Nora is going to outlive us all, and she is going to see it all. 

‘What’s going on with you,’ she said 

‘Just thinking about how my friends are going to kidnap me tomorrow,’ I said 

I played everything off like nothing happened. I walked back to the apartments. I removed my clothes and laid in the bed. I had to go back to work in the morning. When I woke up in the morning everything just clicked, the reset button in my head. I got up and tried to power myself through; I went into the kitchen and smiled at breakfast.

‘Hi, I thought you needed this,’, she said. ‘Today the dad I have to evict people, show apartments, get the rent, send out notices and pay Tony.’ 

This is my least favorite day. I get sad and want to help people. I have a heart and I want to help everyone. I will tell Nora to give them an extra month, and she’ll say that's not how it works. The last time that happened we took in a child. Nora told me to call CPS, but I didn’t want to. But then her father came and took the child. I grabbed toast and a cup of coffee, and I thanked her with a kiss. I turned on the news, Nora never understood why I watched this crap. It was already seven, and I had to go to bed at work. I gave Nora a quick peck. I walked out the door. I went into the office and my boss walked up to me and handed me a box.

‘Your moving up this is my firm and I want you second-in- command,’ Ms. Winger 

She had my assistant come in and help me to my corner office. Gene asked to go on lunch, it was too early for lunch I told him maybe at one. I told him to send me the latest file for this case because we had to be in court soon and I was just getting the files. But I could do it, I wrote notes. Around one there was a knock on my door.

‘You forgot your lunch,’ Nora said 

‘What would I do without you,’ I said 

‘Let’s not try to find out,’, she said 

I pulled her closer to me; I pulled her into my embrace. Office s*x is the last thing that will happen. 

Four months later, 

I stared in the mirror as I was ready for this. Cold feet are the least of my issues.