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.

Rowan 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

had some money saved up from my part time job. It would have

since father had cut me off his will, so I had

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only take the essential, I start throwing things into my

done when the door to my bedroom opened and my mother walked in. Shit, I didn’t

at my suitcase. There was no emtion in her voice. It’s

was speaking to a

leaving…no need staying in a place I’m hated” I answer as I turn around to zip

soon as possible.

the tone of her voice makes

how could I be so careless as to leave it on my

a friend” I

have no friends…god, is this why you’re running away? As if it wasn’t bad enough you ruined Rowan’s relationship with Emma and now you want to steal his baby?” she

You 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

to get away from all of

let you leave, not until we find out if

rushes out the door. A moment later I hear the door close and I

in frustration but that wouldn’t help me. I needed to think of a way to leave. I look at my window and it was barred.

my head. There had to be a way out A few minutes, my phone starts ringing. see Rowan’s name flashing but I ignore

the hell else would he call the girl

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out except through the window. Taking a

it. I push the planks that had been used to bar it until they give

window and it

I said, I was in the furthest room of the house,

I slowly climb down, careful of the broken shards of glass.

get down.

that I had managed to escape, I take my suitcase

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

eyes clash with the intense

seriously trying to run away with my baby?” he asks, a dangerous edge in

throw my hands in the air.

already told mother it’s not your baby”

allow my baby to be raised in such

hates his or

me” he snarls. “You were a fucking virgin. You may have foooled your mother,

that child

that he would know I was a virgin. We were drunk, especially

did you know that?”

in

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