The Ambition of the adopted daughter Ch 2

The Ambition of the adopted daughter Ch 2
  1. 2

God, or someone, must have heard me 

because I woke up here with all that hate

I cranked the wheel to the right, just looped 

around the block. There’s this coffee shop 

with a big window on the second floor

perfect view of that alley entrance

Ashley was still arguing with those punks

They were all over her, and she was crying

too scared to fight back

Then my phone started ringing it was 

Ashley

I waited till the last second to answer

Hello?” 

They hung up immediately. Some redhead 

grabbed Ashley’s phone and started swearing

I was too far away to hear exactly what he was saying, but it was nasty

Maybe two minutes later, Ashley walked right 

into the alley with those guys

I finished my coffee, real slow, then went 

downstairs

I got to the school, acted all worried, asked 

the security guard

Then I called Ashley’s teacher, Mrs. Davis

She’s this thirtysomething woman, and she’s 

all about money

Ashley always brags about how rich her mom 

is, and she made me dress up when I came to 

school, so Ashley is the school’s darling

All the kids follow her around, and the teacher 

kisses her butt, even though she’s always at 

the bottom of the class

So Mrs. Davis practically ran out to meet me

Oh, Ashley’s Mom, I’m so sorry to keep you 

waiting, do you know where Ashley is?” 

I acted super worried. No, I can’t get through 

to her. I’m so worried.” 

Did she seem upset today?” 

Mrs. Davis hemmed and hawed, didn’t say

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I was ready to explode, and my husband

Mark, showed up just then

He started yelling before he even got to me

What kind of mother are you? You can’t even pick up your daughter? You’re useless

Call her! What if something happens to her?” 

I looked at him, real calm. Because I was 

feeding him, he usually didn’t talk to me that 

way. He only does that with Ashley

How obvious can you get? Last time, I was 

totally blind

Mark saw my face and got nervous, realized 

he’d gone too far

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He tried to backpedal. I’m just so scared

baby. Don’t be mad. Let’s just find Ashley.” 

Mrs. Davis chimed in, too

I got all frantic again, and turned to Mrs. 

Davis. Do you have Ashley’s friends‘ 

numbers? Can you call them, see if they know 

anything?” 

Mrs. Davis practically jumped at the chance 

to help

She called around, then asked if some of the 

kids would help search

She’s not subtle. She was thinking exactly 

what I was, and gave me a step up

I gave her a grateful look, as she gave me the 

names and numbers of some people that

could call

Soon enough, a bunch of kids and teachers 

were searching. Everyone broke into groups

searched everywhere, and it was all for 

nothing

Ashley’s phone was still off

Mark was losing it

I pulled out my phone and called the cops. I’d 

wanted to do that in the first place, but Mark 

stopped me

I saw a flicker of something in his eyes

Looks like there’s a lot I didn’t know about 

Ashley

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But now Mark probably realizes Ashley is 

really in trouble, so he didn’t say a thing

Usually, the police don’t take missing persons 

reports until 24 hours have passed, but

mentioned she was the daughter of a big 

business man, so they showed up in minutes

I’d already done a few fake sobs

I cried for being too stupid to see the truth 

before, for letting those wolves into my life

for messing everything up

But I’d learned to hide my feelings, how to 

act

I was the perfect mother, begging the police

Please, you have to find her, please!” 

I even ran up to people on the street, showing 

them Ashley’s picture on my phone

Any mom would have done the same thing

Nobody could say I didn’t love Ashley

I loved her to death

More and more people were helping

Meanwhile, on a side street, that alley near 

the garbage dump, nobody wanted to go near 

  1. it. That’s why they missed it the first few 

times

But then this kid, who has a crush on Ashley

decided to take a look, and he heard 

screaming

The alley was so deep, the sound was faint

And Ashley was already exhausted, barely 

able to make a sound

The kid freaked out, didn’t go in, just told 

everyone

Soon enough, everyone was at the alley 

entrance, police in the lead

They found Ashley at the end, naked, bruised 

all over, barely alive

The alley ended at a low wall. The thugs must 

have heard them coming and left Ashley 

there, for everyone to see her shame

Mark was the first to break. He ran over and 

grabbed Ashley, held her close

He saw the injuries, what they’d done to her

and his jaw tightened, his eyes red

I ran over, shaking, and hugged her too

Ashley, Ashley. Please, wake up!” 

Call 911, hurry!” 

I took off my jacket to cover Ashley, and the 

paramedics got there right away

Ashley got rushed into surgery

Because they found her so fast, her insides 

weren’t as bad as mine had been

The worst part was her bowels were pulled 

out and needed to be cut, and had got 

infected, and even though they saved her 

uterus, she’d probably never have kids

Compared to what I went through, it was 

nothing

I lost a kidney, my uterus, and my baby, not to 

mention a lifetime of disability

Ashley hadn’t cared about what happened to 

  1. me. What would she feel now that it 

happened to her

I didn’t feel happy, only a bottomless pit of 

hate

Mark was a mess outside the operating room

He looked at me like I was the enemy

Why didn’t you pick up Ashley sooner? If 

you’d been there, none of this would have 

happened. She’s only 18 years old, what’s she 

going to do now?” 

You’re a terrible mother!” 

I glared at him. So you’re saying this is my 

fault?” 

You were the one always offering to pick her 

  1. up. I called you today to say I had something 

else, and you rushed right over?” 

Mark turned white

I scoffed. By that logic, it’s all your fault

What could be more important than Ashley’s 

safety?” 

School gets out at 3:00, but you didn’t even 

call me until 3:30. So how can you act like 

this is my fault? If anything bad happens to 

Ashley, I’ll never forgive you!” 

I felt nothing but hate and anger

And I bet there was a reason why Mark 

couldn’t pick her up that day. Something fishy 

was going on

And Ashley? She seemed like she knew those 

thugs

The Ambition of the adopted daughter novel

The Ambition of the adopted daughter novel

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