Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

7. Dead man

Ava

I wake up with a stiff back and an aching arm. I am in bed with Noah since he refused to leave me

after we finished watching TV. I smile when I remembered him saying that he was taking his job seriously and that he would take care of me throughout the night.

With a bit of difficulty. I manage to move him without waking him up. It was around eight and I needed to prepare breakfast before he woke up.

After doing my morning routine, I went downstairs I stood outside the kitchen for a while wondering how I was going to manage making breakfast with one arm.

As I moved to get the ingredients needed for pancakes, memories of yesterday flooded my mind. Everything that happened seemed so surreal that part of me wonder if it had happened. If it wasn’t for the fact that my shoulder was bandaged and my arm was in sling, I would have thought it was all a bad dream..

When I woke up in the hospital after I fainted I panicked. It took both the doctor and nurse to calm.

me down and reassure me that everything was okay. She told me that the bullet was lodged in my shoulder but it hadn’t done any serious damage. I was lucky because according to them if it had hit lower then it would have struck my heart.

They removed the bullet, cleaned the wound, stitched me up and then put my arm in the sling I was given antibiotics and pain meds. They instructed me to keep my arm elevated till my next appointment.

As I cooked the pancakes, I thought about the man that tried to save me. I made a ment*l note to find out who he is so I could thank him. He was the only one that looked out for me when my

family couldn’t care less if I was safe or not.

My thoughts are interrupted when a knock sounds on my door, making me wonder who it was.

I highly doubted there was anyone I wanted to see right now. The events of yesterday soured my feelings towards the people I once considered family.

I walk to the door and gently open it. I’m surprised to find the man from yesterday standing on my doorstep. The first thing I notice is his blue eyes. They were the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen.

I hadn’t noticed this yesterday. Probably because I was in shock and in pain, but the man was

of way, a strong jaw and a flawless complexion. His dark brown hair was tousled

confidence demanded attention.

croaked out sounding

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and I was struck by how beautiful it was.

said stepping out

I close the door behind him. I watch him as

home” he says in a deep

mumbled. “I made some pancakes,

can go back to making breakfast, he

he gently grabs my hand,

kisses it.

wasn’t used to this kind of

always looked over. The boring and unattractive

“I-I’m Ava” I stammered.

me a wink while taking a seat at

He oozed masculine energy and it

my father’s burial?” I asked while placing a cup of coffee before

next to him. He chuckles as he

threat, the chief wanted us on the look at incase the same people tried anything with the mourning family” he says right before he takes

I’ve never seen you before and I know almost

officer….I just moved here a couple of months

much time to mingle” he replies after

you can consider me one of your friends…I was wondering how

just this morning actually.”

“What for?”

life. I don’t remember everything but

the wound and

the way that he rushed towards me. I actually believe

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your arms even though she faints at the sight of her own blood” he teases giving me another dashing

laugh, trying to hide my embarrassment. By the way he behaves I just know he’s a charmer. It’s obvious with his smiles and winks. He’s also a breath of fresh air. Something I haven’t had