His Painful Desires

“Mia, he... she looks like Thunder.” Daniel stated.

Who wouldn’t say that she’s not Thunder’s daughter? If you just stare at Ava, you will probably say she’s his daughter.

“No DNA needed. So, let’s go. I am excited to meet everyone. How about you, Ava?” she also chuckled and nodded.

Plus, Ava inherited my braveness and strength which was a good thing. Daniel couldn’t focus on driving; his eyes were always in the mirror. I just shrugged my shoulder and looked at Ava looking out of the window.

“Mia, have you heard?” Daniel looked at me.

Looks like I already know what he is trying to tell me. I just nodded and looked at my daughter. Daniel seemed to understand what I wanted to tell him. I didn’t want us to talk about THEM while she was with us.

“Mommy, are we near already? I’m hungry.” I laughed at how she pouted.

I asked Daniel if we had to eat first. We stopped at McDonalds. Ava finished eating and went to play with the kids.

“Mia, why didn’t you tell us about her?” Daniel was very confused.

“You know why. When I was about to tell everyone, I saw the news about them getting married. I wouldn’t want to be like Stephanie, ruining other people’s relationships. And it was useless already because we were divorced.” I saw how sad he was for me.

I patted his right arm and smiled. I grew up being independent, and I also promised myself not to ask for their help.

“I... I just don’t know what to say, but I am very proud of you, my princess. If you need any help, don’t hesitate to tell me or Melissa about it." I smiled.

As I was about to speak, Ava cut me off.

“Daniel, how old are you?” We all laughed.

“You little munchkin. How old am I do you think?” he asked her.

Ava’s brows furrowed. We were just surprised when she held his face and looked all the way. Daniel couldn’t help but laugh loudly.

“All right. All right. I am 55 years old already.” he chuckled and surrendered.

“I knew it. I was right, you were in your 50s already.” I just chuckled and fixed her hair and wiped her sweat from playing.

Daniel and I are already close and comfortable together. Daniel mentioned to me that Steph’s daughter is Ava’s opposite. If Ava is good, Shantalle is bad. We decided to head home already because it’s getting dark. The mansion wasn’t far from McDonalds. We had reached the gate already after a few minutes.

“Wow!” Ava was shocked we had a big gate.

We have arrived at the mansion already.

“Wow, you didn’t tell me we have a big gate and house. It looks like a hotel.” Daniel and I laughed at her.

I just took a deep breath as I opened the door. I stepped out of the car and looked at the house where I grew up. Not far from us, a black-haired girl wearing a pretty dress caught my attention. She is standing and looking at us with a curious look on her face. I figured out she’s Stephanie’s daughter, because she looks like her.

“Daniel, is that Steph’s daughter?” I asked to confirm.

“Yes, that’s Shantalle. Be careful with her, especially you, Ava. Shantalle is very spoiled. Her happiness is to bully people.” he shook his head.

Shantalle doesn’t look like Thunder. She looks more like her mother. I was caught off guard when my Ava reached my hand and held it. She looked nervous.

“Mommy, who is she? Why is she glaring at us?” she asked.

Ava was right. Shantalle is merely glaring at us right now. A little Stephanie who is already brave not to welcome us to my own home. Well, the real owner of this place came back.

“Baby, you’ll figure it out later. So, are you ready to go inside and meet everyone?” I asked, Ava nodded.

As we stepped forward, we heard Shantalle shouted and ran inside.

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“Daddy! Mommy! Grandpa! Granny! Visitors are here already!” Daniel heard Shantalle shout.

All of them looked at each other. They knew it was her. They are all in the living room waiting, but why did Shantalle mention ‘visitors’? No way she is with her boyfriend. It’s been seven years, and they didn’t have any news about Mia, except that she just became a successful doctor. If it weren’t for the news, they wouldn’t have been informed that she’s already a doctor. She never contacted them, it was just her dad. But why Daniel is acting like that? He should be happy for her.

“Visitors? I thought we were just expecting her? Only her?” Stephanie scoffed and called Shantalle.

He looked at David, and he looked very excited to meet his daughter. Who wouldn’t miss her? It has been seven years, but wait, did he just say he also missed her? All right, they were once lovers, and it is just normal for him.

“Baby, how many are they?” Steph asked their baby girl.

Daniel is just a little sad, because Stephanie hasn't inherited anything from him.

“Two of them, one adult woman and one girl, who I think ages like me.” All of them were very shocked.

What? And who is the girl with her? So, it’s not her boyfriend, but who is this girl?

Before one of them spoke, they heard a very familiar voice.

“Hi.” they had not heard Mia’s voice for seven years.

They all looked at her, and they were surprised that she was with a girl who exactly looked like Daniel? What the hell is this? Who is she? Is she her daughter? Is she their daughter?

"Dad?" Daniel's eyes grew bigger.