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.

see a figure making

is he

his arms crossed

coat is pulled up

expression is unreadable, but I'm shocked to

see each other once we agree. No surprise

look like hell," he says casually, pushing off

I mutter, brushing past

we'd said to only meet when we agree." I

me worried I had to check on you. You've been

I've been-” I stop

Spiraling? Hoping? Slowly losing

been extremely busy and exhausted." I give

question me. He takes the keys from me and holds

pick it, and

they get into

Are you okay?"

as I look up

it is. Haha. Thanks!” I grab the envelope and turn when Zayan pulls

the air out

so close I can smell

the one Alex zaps me with just by being present,

ruined me for anyone

that envelope? You look

to back that up. It could be a grenade for all I

a frustrated hand in his brunette hair before holding the

"I can-"

the

with men and being

while the envelope burns in my hands. By the

already

[MEET ME HERE]

says and below

Who is this?

Could it be?

me back and I fold the paper hoping my sweaty forehead doesn't

time he got involved in my business, his career was toast. Zayan has been a great

"Nothing."

visibly gets tired and

I lie,

sick just

hums, eyes on the

"Yes I do."

between us, but it's not comfortable. It's tight, thick with things