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

is he

his arms crossed like he owns it is

coat is pulled

I'm shocked to see him when we

once we agree. No surprise

look like hell," he says casually,

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

to only meet when we agree."

was the plan, but you kept me worried I had to

ignore them. I've been-” I stop

I been doing? Spiraling? Hoping? Slowly losing

extremely busy and

eyes study me. But he doesn't question me. He takes the keys from me

reaches down to pick it, and my heart rate

did they get into

Are you okay?" Zayan

as I look up

I grab the envelope

against his chest, knocking the air

standing so close I

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

bastard has ruined me

in that envelope? You look like

that up. It could be a grenade for all I

runs a frustrated hand in his brunette hair before holding the door open. But it's the passenger's

"I can-"

the

with men and being

burns in my

I've already opened

[MEET ME HERE]

and below is a scan

Who is this?

Could it be?

me back and I fold the paper

he got involved in my business, his career was toast. Zayan has been a great friend. I won't ruin his

"Nothing."

visibly gets tired and diverts

I lie,

don't stop getting sick

eyes on the road. "You need a

"Yes I do."

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