Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Ava

“I missed you mommy, why didn’t you call me?” Noah asks me, sadness in his voice.

I wanted more than anything to hold him in my arms. Just to reassure myself that I was still with him. That I wasn’t going to leave him motherless.

“I’m sorry my love, I lost my phone and I had to borrow your dad’s”

“Can we do a video call? I want to see you” he demands.

I know he senses that something is wrong but I can’t let him see me lying in a hospital bed. He will worry and want to come home. Given that I am now a supposed target, I couldn’t risk whoever is after me going after him.

I still couldn’t believe that there was a chance I was a main target. That someone wanted me dead.

“Not right now baby, they don’t allow video calls where I am” I lie.

“That’s a st* pid rule! Who makes such st* pid rules?” He screams through the phone.

I know that he is frustrated so I was going to let this slide.

“Noah…

“I just want to see you mommy, can’t dad make them leave you alone? He can make them give you permission, I know he can” he was close to tears and it was breaking my heart.

I look at Rowan and he is grinning like a fool. Noah knows how his father operates. He also knows that one word from Rowan Woods, and everyone bows down.

“Not this time… how about I call you tomorrow and we can skype?”

“You promise?”

“I promise”

I was getting discharged today so that would give me enough time to prepare for the call

tomorrow

“Okay mommy, talk to you tomorrow. I love you”

“Bye baby. Love you too”

“Grandma wants to talk…”

I hang up the phone before he can finish that sentence, I know it’s wrong but I just don’t want to

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Rowan stares at me, one of his eyebrow raised A look I can’t explain passes across his face. I’ve

asked him to leave so many times but he won’t budge. I even asked the nurse to throw him out

and he threatened to have the entire hospital shut down.

My unwanted guest is here every day now. Being around him this much is suffocating me

especially after that day when I woke up to find Emma and Travis in my room. Travis left the

room a couple minutes later to get something to eat. The moment he did Emma was on me like a

ravenous vulture.

Three days ago

“Your little trick won’t work Ava” Emma sneers the moment Travis leaves the room.

are you talking

no mood to deal with whatever was going on with

enough for whatever

accident of yours, I’m sure you planned it to get

to

vibration shooting

get this straight? You believe I planned for my car to be blown up so that

And everyone thought that

and the bullshit she was

anyone want to kill

wouldn’t care one bit if you lived or

to us”

hit anyone like I wanted to hit

came here to insult me is that it, Emma? Beat the

plan?”

hell was she even here? Who let her in, I wanted her gone. I didn’t want her near me, who knows what she’ll

kill you first, I mean, I want you to watch

we even related? I know what I did to her was wrong but damn haven’t I

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Noah will never see you as

ignored you at the airport. You’re nothing to him and you will be nothing

you and

Anger taking’over the triumphant

it’s my name Rowan is screaming at night, I will make sure he pumps me so full of his cum that I get pregnant and when I do he will soon forget about you and that brat. I

are mine, after all we both know he has never loved you, every time he was touching you he was probably imagining me, how many times has he called my name while you

though it hurts. My main concern being Noah. I see red when he calls Noah a brat. Taking the flower vase near me, I lunge it at her head.

you crazy?!” Emma

of my room now!”

nurse enters looking at

gently but I

times made me feel like scum instead of his sister. All those

I glare at him and Emma before

I don’t

my

them. “I’m going to ask you to leave, your presence is clearly affecting her and she shouldn’t be

kick me

at that. Since when

if you don’t leave” the nurse says between clenched teeth. All traces of being nice completely

please” he begs, but I don’t have

and kept throwing it back at my face. I had nothing else to give I was empty where my love for them once

and make sure you and

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and block them out. It takes

but they soon leave and I’m left in peace. That is

me laugh for the

voice pulls me back to the

if you’re ready to

if Emma was

I’m not sure. Emma was and is important to

know if her importance weighed more than

here, Rowan?” I ask instead of the question I really

you mean? he

both know that I’m your least favorite person, so what are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be with Emma at home enjoying your reunion?”

a fight and I’m not

and get you

help from a man who hates my fucking guts! Just leave, Rowan, we

be somewhere

you going to call to help you

no fucking friends, Ava”

home” It’s true I had no friends, but Ethan