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.

I see a figure

he doing

with his arms crossed like

dark coat is pulled up

is unreadable, but I'm shocked to see him

other once we agree. No surprise

he says

see you too," I mutter, brushing past him to

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

to check on

them. I've been-” I stop

doing? Spiraling? Hoping? Slowly

busy and exhausted." I

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

pick it, and my heart rate

did they get

Athena? Are you okay?" Zayan pulls me

a smile as I

I grab the envelope and

chest, knocking the air out

close I can

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

ruined me for

You look like it

I argue, unable to back that up.

before

"I can-"

the

with

while the envelope burns in my hands. By

I've already

[MEET ME HERE]

and below is

Who is this?

Could it be?

and I fold the paper hoping my sweaty forehead

he got involved in my business, his career was

"Nothing."

He visibly gets tired and diverts

I lie,

don't stop getting sick just because you're

on the road. "You need a

"Yes I do."

with things unsaid. I can feel his eyes flicking toward