Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 111 ~ I'll come with you

ATHENA

I thought the black box Marcus gave me would unsettle the pit in my stomach.

Well, guess what... I was wrong.

Because my heart has been on that text since I left Rayen recovering in the hospital a week ago.

"UNKNOWN:I know what happened to your child."

I tried to call the number.

It was off.

Still is.

And now, instead of fear, it's anger burning beneath my skin like wildfire..

How dare they try to play with me?

Do they have any idea what it means to lose a child?

Do they understand that kind of pain? The kind that never heals never softens, never lets go?

That's not something you dangle over someone's head like a cruel joke, then switch off your damn phone and vanish into silence.

I looked like I had seen a damn ghost as I came up with an excuse to avoid Ariana's questioning gaze.

I should've deleted that message.

But I didn't.

Because a tiny, maddening part of me, the same part that still dreams of tiny

fingers and lullabies in the middle of the night, hopes it's real.

Guilt has been eating me away for the past three years, so if whoever this is has

proof someone did something, and it wasn't as Alex claimed....

Tears spring to my eyes as I push the lump in my throat.

A child dying is one kind of pain, but being told it was because of you?

I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

As I step out of the hospital after my shift, the cold air slaps me awake, snapping me out of my thoughts. The sky is gray, like it's mourning something too. The clouds hang low and heavy, the same way my heart feels.

My fingers tighten around the strap of my bag as I walk toward the parking lot.

then I see a figure making my heart

he

arms

coat is pulled

I'm shocked to

only see each other once we agree.

look like hell," he says

mutter, brushing past him to

to only meet when we agree." I point out, making

was the plan, but you kept me worried I had to check on you. You've been ignoring my

ignore them. I've been-” I stop

I been doing? Spiraling? Hoping? Slowly losing

extremely busy and exhausted." I

doesn't question me. He takes the keys from me and holds the door open when a brown envelope drops

reaches down to pick

get into my

Athena? Are you okay?" Zayan pulls

smile as I look up at

I grab the envelope and turn

against his chest, knocking the air

standing so close I can

zaps me with just by being

ruined

that envelope? You look like it was

argue, unable to back that up.

a frustrated hand in his brunette hair before holding the

"I can-"

the car,

sigh, what's with men and

the car while the envelope burns in my hands. By the time Zayan starts

already opened

[MEET ME HERE]

and below is a scan

Who is this?

Could it be?

me back and I fold the paper hoping my sweaty

his career was toast. Zayan has been a great friend. I

"Nothing."

gets tired and diverts

I lie, forcing

getting sick just because

eyes on the road.

"Yes I do."

but it's not comfortable. It's tight, thick with things unsaid. I