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.

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

my things. I had some money saved up from my part time job. It would have to be

father had cut me off his will, so I

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to only take the essential, I start throwing things into my

and my mother walked

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

was speaking to

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

leave as soon as possible. The further I got away from these

Ava?” the tone of her voice makes

hand. Fuck, how could I be so careless as to leave it on

to a friend” I try

ruined Rowan’s relationship with Emma and now you want to steal his baby?” she starts pacing the

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

wanted to leave. I wanted to get away from

find out if the baby you’re carrying is

the door. A moment later I hear the door close and I realize that

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 it that night

and clear my head. There had to be a way out A few minutes, my phone starts ringing. see

he call the girl he believes took

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way out except through the window. Taking a chair,

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

window and it falls

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

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

get down.

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

cab. My happiness is short lived when I

when my eyes clash with the

away with my baby?” he asks, a

the air. Releasing my suitcase in

not your baby” I lie, stepping

was just no way I was going to allow my

his or her

lie to me” he snarls. “You were a fucking virgin. You may have foooled

know that

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

did you know that?” I

we slept in had spots

baby could still be anyone’s. I might have