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

arms crossed

dark coat is pulled up

I'm shocked to see him

see each other once we

like hell," he says casually, pushing off the

mutter, brushing past him to unlock the

said to only meet when

to check on you. You've been ignoring my calls

didn't ignore them. I've

have I been doing? Spiraling? Hoping? Slowly losing my

extremely busy and exhausted."

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

to pick it, and my

get

okay?" Zayan pulls me

a smile as I look up

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

chest, knocking the air out

standing so close I can

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

bastard has ruined me for

in that envelope? You look like it was

I argue, unable to back that up. It could be

in his brunette hair before holding the door

"I can-"

in the

sigh, what's with men and being

in the car while the envelope burns in

already opened

[MEET ME HERE]

all it says and below is a

Who is this?

Could it be?

fold the paper hoping my sweaty forehead doesn't give

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

"Nothing."

He visibly gets tired and diverts

lie,

don't stop getting sick just because you're falling

hums, eyes on the road. "You need a

"Yes I do."

it's not comfortable. It's tight, thick with things unsaid. I can feel his eyes flicking