Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

ATHENA

Three days later....

"Today is our last day, and we must make the best of it!" The teacher announces just as Rose pulls a chair to sit next to me.

I barely look up. My mind is still spinning, replaying that night like a broken record on loop.

The kiss.

God.

That kiss.

It had knocked the air out of my lungs and left a dull ache in my chest. I couldn't shake off. Like a burn that wouldn't stop tingling.

I hadn't talked to Alex since. Not properly, anyway. I mean, we share a room, so speaking is inevitable.

We'd shared a few stolen glances, a tension-filled breakfast where I refused to look at him, and one accidental brush of hands that sent my entire nervous system into panic mode.

Rose leans toward me, snapping her gum loudly. "You look like you haven't slept in three days."

"I haven't," I mumble, flipping my pen in my hand.

"Why? You miss Zayan?" She asks.

I pause, turning to look at the growing smile on her face.

Yeah, I... I do."

I'm lying. I don't, but I'm not about to admit who is buried in my mind.

"We're more similar than you think, sweetie." Rose places a warm hand on my back.

"We are?" I laugh.

I don't think so.

"Yep. So I'll help you save time and tell you to just break up with Zayan. He'll be fine. You don't click like you do with Alex. I know that because I, too, was in the same situation.

You see, Ethan did some shady things when we just got married. He didn't cheat. he just hurt me with his actions. Then I divorced him and ran away with my surviving triplets.

kids. They're nine this year, and we had one more, Kai is

did. But because I can tell he loves you and as long as he didn't cheat or lay his hands on you, I think it's okay to give it another try. I saw the way

anywhere. I know you feel no spark with Zayan, too. So why torture yourself? Life is too short babe, you never know when you're breathing your last, so don't waste any

My mouth opens.

Then it closes again.

Then it opens.

any sentences. I met Ethan. I think he's here as we speak. He must be with the fathers on the other side. But the way he looks at her,

him being anything

her tea every morning

Their love looks effortless.

was

But it isn't.

no love is ever born perfect. It has to be forged in fire,

maybe our story

mean there's

I thinking about taking

My heart screams yes.

God, I don't know.

hurts when I think of Zayan because he doesn't deserve this. He's

friend. But I can't see myself marrying

him, I just know it. I'll fight with his mother, and that will make me

blink fast, shaking the thoughts off just as the teacher claps her hands together, calling

and gentlemen!" she says cheerfully. "We're ending this trip

group will be given one challenge, and any

the room, followed by laughter and the shuffling of chairs. "Ladies," she continues, "you will be building a mini playhouse using only the

A few mothers gasp.

Rose smiles.

bet this is a piece of

all of us. You will have access to basic ingredients, a campfire setup, and an outdoor

slumps back into her seat, rubbing her

they're going to burn us to the

I laugh.

and he hired someone to go with him because he didn't know what aisle

me,

with it, a memory

at Alex's house. The way he fed me breakfast and

waffles were too

him.