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.

a figure making my

he doing

against my car with his arms crossed like he owns

coat is pulled up

unreadable, but I'm shocked to

once we

he says

you too," I mutter,

only meet when we agree."

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

didn't ignore them. I've been-”

have I been doing? Spiraling? Hoping?

busy and exhausted." I give

from me and

to pick

they get into

okay?" Zayan pulls me

smile as I look

grab the envelope and turn when Zayan pulls

knocking the air out of my

so close I can

my body lacks that spark, the one Alex zaps me with just by being present, making all the hairs on

bastard has ruined

envelope? You look like it was a

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

before holding the door open. But

"I can-"

the

sigh, what's with

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

I've already opened

[MEET ME HERE]

says and below

Who is this?

Could it be?

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

business, his career was toast. Zayan has

"Nothing."

visibly gets tired and diverts

old," I lie, forcing a small

don't stop getting sick just

the road. "You need a

"Yes I do."

tight, thick with things unsaid. I can feel his