Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

35. The past (Part two)

Two months later.

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I stare at the pregnancy test in fear. Watching as slowly the line doubles indicating I was in deed

pregnant.

Wanting it to be wrong, I take another but it shows the same thing. I was pregnant with Rowan’s

baby.

Life these past few months have been hell. I became the pariah not only in both families, but also

in school. Everybody knows what happened between me and Rowan, but nobody believes me

when I tell them that I was drunk.

All the blame was placed on my shoulder because I was the slut that seduced my sister’s

boyfriend when he was drunk.

In school I’m bullied and in town I’m shunned.

My mother and father rarely talk to me nowadays. Emma cut me off completely, saying I was dead

to her. As for Travis, well it’s like I no longer exist in his eyes. I haven’t seen or talked to Rowan

since that night.

My heart has broken over and over these past few weeks. With no reprieve for the constant pain.

and rejection. If I had thought life was bad before, it was now a hundred times worse.

I felt all alone and now I was pregnant. Would they ask me to abort the baby? I wouldn’t put it past

them. They were still trying to get Rowan and Emma back together after Emma broke up with

him.

Looking at my room, I make a quick decision. I couldn’t stay here anymore. It wasn’t healthy for me or my baby. I place my hand on the belly, promising to give him or her all the love that was

denied to me.

were home so both families had gone out for brunch. Of course I wasn’t invited, they didn’t want me anywhere near Rowan. Hell, neither of them wanted to see my face. They all pretended like I didn’t

had some money saved up from my part time job. It would have to be enough for a new start. I could continue working until

cut me off his will, so I had

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only take the essential, I start

opened and my mother walked in. Shit, I didn’t think they’d be

suitcase. There was

was speaking

a place I’m hated” I answer as I turn around to

soon as possible. The further I got away

is this, Ava?” the tone of her

when I see my pregnancy test in her hand. Fuck, how could I

belongs to a friend” I try

wasn’t bad enough you ruined Rowan’s relationship with Emma and now you want to steal his baby?”

all think I’m a slut, so the baby could be anyone’s” I stomp my foot in frustration as she looks at me with an unreadable

wanted to leave. I wanted to get away from all of them. Was that

leave, not until we find out if the baby you’re

I hear the door close and I realize that she had locked me

wouldn’t help me. I needed to think of a way to leave. I look at my window and it was barred. They did that when they realized that I sneaked out through

sit down and clear my head. There had to be a way out A few minutes,

had told him, why the hell else would he call

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out except through the window. Taking a chair,

used to bar it

and it falls

was in the furthest room of the house, so the commotion wouldn’t have

broken shards of glass. I release a sigh of relief

get down.

to escape, I take my suitcase and start dragging it. My eyes on

order a cab. My happiness is short lived when I bump into someone.

my eyes clash

you seriously trying to run away with my

my hands in the air. Releasing my suitcase in the

mother it’s not your baby” I lie, stepping

way I was going to allow my baby to

everyone hates his or

a fucking virgin.

that child

that he would know I was a virgin.

you know that?” I

slept in had spots of blood”

shrug off his answer. “It doesn’t matter. The baby