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.

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

quickly start packing my things. I 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 I

had cut me off his will, so

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to only take the essential, I start throwing things into

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

doing?” she asks looking at my suitcase. There was no emtion in her voice.

speaking to

I’m leaving…no need staying in a place I’m

I needed to leave as soon as possible. The

Ava?” the tone of her voice

I see my pregnancy test in her hand. Fuck, how could I be so careless as to leave it on

a friend” I try to

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

so the baby could be anyone’s” I stomp my foot in frustration as she looks at

just wanted to leave. I wanted to get away

let you leave, not until we find out if the baby

moment later I hear the door close and I realize that she

look at my window and it was barred. They

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

call the girl he

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out except through the window.

that had been used to bar it until they

window and

in the furthest room of the house, so the

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

get down.

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

is short lived when I

clash with

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

my hands in the air. Releasing my suitcase in the

mother it’s not

going to allow my baby to be raised in such a toxic environment.

his or her

were a fucking virgin. You

that child

that he would know I was a virgin. We were

you know that?”

sheets we slept in had spots of blood”

answer. “It doesn’t matter. The baby could still be anyone’s. I might have slept