Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Rowan.

I see the moment she shuts her emotions down. The moment the warm look she had just a few

seconds ago turns cold. Which leaves me cold.

“What are you doing here?” Ava asks her voice monotonous as I push my way into her house.

It’s like she was talking to a stranger. Like I was nothing but a speck of dust and nothing more. I stare at her unable to come up with anything. I’ve lived with this woman for almost a decade and

yet right now I can’t find the right words.

I look at her hand still in a sling. I came to check up on her and also to pick Noah. It was the

weekend so it was my time with him.

Remembering the man that I saw leaving, my brows furrow. He must be who the smile was for.

That little piece of realization makes my jaw clench.

“What was he doing here?” I ask instead of answering while trying to hide the unreasonable anger

I was feeling.

I get the guy is an officer and that he saved her life but he was crossing a line. I didn’t fucking like

him and I didn’t want him anywhere near Ava.

“That’s none of your business” she retorts.

“It is my business when you’re entertaining.men this early in the morning with my son in the house….did he sleep over? Is that why I saw him leaving?”

The thought of that leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. The last thing I want is for her to be exposing Noah to men months after we separated. It wouldn’t leave a good impression on the type

of woman she is.

She gives a humorless laugh, pulling me back to the present.

“It’s not any of your fucking business…do you see me meddling in your life while you’re busy entertaining Emma? And isn’t it hypocritical of you to stand there judging me?”

I glare at her. “Emma is different”

“How so?” she first feigns puzzlement and then her face lights up as if she figured out something. but I know it’s mockery. “Oh, I forgot she’s the love of your fucking life”

I grind my teeth She was starting to piss me off. What the hell was wrong with her? It’s like she

has something against me.

“I’ll never do anything that would affect Noah but I’m a single woman and I will have whoever!

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to start dating I’m not

clench into fists at the last part. For some reason heat starts rising up in my core making me want to hit

me in the hallway. I take time to breathe in and calm myself. I follow

been here. It looked different from the house we shared So

myself from those thoughts and continue walking. I find her in the kitchen wiping down

up, glaring at me. “I had hoped you would leave. In case you haven’t guessed it, your

is it that everything out of her mouth these past few days is nothing but pure venom? It’s like all she wants is

weekend Ava, I came for Noah”

could have done what you always do Honk You didn’t

come in”

I was sure she was about to say something that

I can wait for him while

frowns deepens, and she fists the dish towel

that’s the thing Rowan, we have nothing to talk about As long as we follow the terms of the custody agreement then we can live like the other doesn’t exist

all of a sudden? It was getting on my fucking

me to

in frustration “I’m not the one who

to regret coming into her house. It seems all she wants to do is light. I

mean you didn’t want it and look, it came at the perfect time, just when Empia comes back to

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never lied to her. Never led her on. She

heart and if it wasn’t for the mistake nine years ago, then she is the one that would have been

you want me to say? You know I never

down angrily. “That didn’t stop you from using my body did it? Gosh I hate you. I don’t know what I saw in you to

at her words. Her words angering me. Yes we did sleep together during our marriage but it was just to scratch an itch. I

the past, I’m here to talk

draining going round and round. I needed to say what I came

or did something I would regret

She doesn’t fire back. Instead she opens

using one hand, she pops two pills

and swallows.

I realize it’s pain

arm?”

we both know

she

clench my hand and all but yell.

truth. Are you going to talk? If not

Noah is wakes up”

I clump my hand around her uninjured hand.

touch me!” she

going to behave from now on? Are we forever going to be at each other’s throats? We had a son

childish behavior is one of the reasons why I always preferred Emma. Why I fell in love with her” I ground out, my temper getting the

colder than I could ever thought

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came to say then get out of my fucking house. I won’t have you insulting me and comparing me to Emma. My behavior doesn’t concern you, we are divorced…so if you want to

on anyone about behaviors go give them to the love

while. We glare at each other. Each one refusing to back