Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 113

ATHENA

Anna's words hit me like a truck, and I feel like I've just been kicked in the chest. Air escapes my lungs in a wheeze. My hands curl into fists on the table, nails biting into my palms until it stings.

"I thought she went abroad and gave birth a month later than I did." My eyes are bloodshot red, and I can barely keep my voice steady.

"There was no baby. As far as I know. I don't know whose child they switched with, but Leah didn't go anywhere. She's been around the whole time, and they probably made the date a month later to avoid suspicion. Maybe they feared Mr. King will notice a few things that show she's guilty."

"Why?" I whisper, barely able to breathe. "Why would she... do something so evil?"

"I don't know," Anna replies, her voice trembling now. "But she wasn't alone. There were people helping her, people with influence. This wasn't just about jealousy or revenge. I'm so sorry, Athena. I understand you're angry and you'll want to report me."

I laugh.

A cold hallow sound echoes through the empty diner as I look at Anna.

"I trusted you. Yet you stabbed me in the back. You're a mother. How would you feel if it was done to you?"

"I'm a mother. That is why I did it. Wouldn't you do anything if it meant protecting your child?"

"So what changed? You felt a little guilty and showed up?"

"No. My son and I have enough money to leave the country unseen. I just thought leaving without confessing-"

"Cut the bullshit. Why did you really tell me the truth?"

Anna flinches at my words, her hands trembling as she grips the edge of the table.

There's a beat of silence, heavy and suffocating.

Then she exhales shakily, her voice barely a whisper.

"Because me and my son are in danger."

My blood turns to ice.

So if they were still under protection, she would still have kept the truth and made me suffer after...

"Did you also mess with the report?"

"What report?"

report where you said I

about that. Please, listen to me. They're

They tried to come after me. That's why

over my baby like he was nothing!" I

cell right now. But instead, you show up, acting

but I don't

Anna's voice breaks. "I had no choice! My son, my only son. They threatened his

but it's cold, hollow, and stripped

deadly quiet. "You think hiding behind motherhood makes you less of a monster? Do you think your tears will erase what

the shame on

Athena. Please. I don't want to die. I have nowhere else to go. They know I'm

a

consequences of what you've done. Send your son's details. I will keep him safe because he doesn't need to pay for his mother's

I stand.

steps are confident until I reach outside, where Zayan

for any injuries. Once he sees I'm fine since i'm too stunned to

hurt you?" His

I shake my

me any further

I start to process

do when you hear you

feel relief

child, denied seeing his face and

rage your heart boils you become

I'm angry.

I'm furious.

fury that lives in

that I feel

my dignity my right to grieve. And for what? So that the bitch Leah

baby that was

she was so freaked out

in her hands. That's the card she's been

the nerve to sit there, crying crocodile tears, begging for

hide behind motherhood.

I was a murderer. Letting the world spit on my name while she tucked her own child safely into bed

care who's

Let them come.

Let them find her.

they do to her won't even scratch the surface