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Rowan.

“How is she doing, Rowan?” Kate, Ava’s mother asks.

The concern in her voice is genuine. You can hear how hard she’s trying to stop herself from

crying. It’s been a very hard couple of days and I still can’t over how we almost lost Ava

“She woke up yesterday for a few minutes before going back to sleep and before you start

worrying, the doctor said it’s normal for patients with head injuries”

I hear her sigh with relief. Kate has been different since the death of her husband She wants to

get close to Ava only now Ava has decided she doesn’t want anything to do with her family. In fact

she doesn’t want anything to do with all of us.

“Will she be okay? Will she make a full recovery?”

“Yes, the doctors are confident, but they’re not sure if she will be completely okay. It’s still too

early to tell but they say with this type of head injury there might be complications”

That was one of the things I was fucking afraid of. In all honest I just wanted her to be okay.

“Don’t worry though, Ava is strong I’m sure she’ll pull through. I got to go but I’ll call when she

wakes up, the last time she did, she was asking about Noah”

“Okay, Rowan, please keep me informed and make sure she’s getting the best treatment”

“I will”

I hang up after that and watch her. She looks so peaceful and beautiful. Why have I never noticed

how flawless her complexion is? Or how naturally long her eye lashes are? Or how full and red her

lips are

‘Because you never wanted to, you were so focused on hating and blaming her that you never

noticed anything good about her‘ my inner voice whispers. *

I sigh because I know that it’s the truth. I never wanted her so I went to great lengths to block her

out and it had worked until now. This new version of Ava demands attention. Demands to be

noticed.

I take her hand in mine. It’s so small and so soft. I’ve been doing this a lot. Rubbing her wrist and

feeling her pulse just to assure myself that she was still alive. That that bombing had not taken

her from us

Whenever I think of that Sunday, my heart squeezes and I feel like I’m fucking dying. I had called

her to warn her to stay away from Emma. Emma had come to me crying. She told me that Ava had

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lay it on

The

sound and people screaming my breath hitched. I’d been left calling Ava’s name over the phone in

Ava’s car had been bombed and that she was badly hurt. I can’t explain how I fucking felt but I

thoughts and look at

taken to her house because they couldn’t fit here. Most of them were from her students. Those kids adored Ava, no one needed to be told twice. They visited her in groups each day

students lavish her with love changed my perspective. They wouldn’t do all that if she wasn’t a great teacher. Her colleagues also had nothing but praise

pulls

to her

up?” Travis asks. His

only him but everyone. He came close to losing his sister and I guess it’s finally starting to sink

“No” I reply.

to go home, Rowan” Emma says, “Go take a shower and change clothes then you can come back.

not leaving, Emma”

fucking leave. What if something happened and

exhaustion…just go home, I’m sure it won’t take

is right,

second”

wake

then, but don’t leave

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so who knew if those criminals would try to

Ava. Emma just looks at me with her piercing blue

leave when Emma

surrender to death” she says with her smile before pecking

on the cheek, chin and forehead. Her lips on mine is a first and even though I’ve dreamed about this for

are wrong, the feel of them is wrong and the kiss itself

when Emma is the woman I’ve been craving

take the quickest shower known to man. I was dressing when I received a text from Travis

to take a power nap. I haven’t

up with a start. Shit! I was supposed to

phone, I slept for

rush out after reading a message from Travis. Ava

and I hate that I

to the hospital in forty minutes. I was

I told you not to leave her fucking side” I growl, feeling

out” Emma answers

you mean ‘she kicked you

despite what she feels towards her family she wouldn’t be cruel enough to kick them out in her time of

didn’t want us

to demand we leave” Travis

voice. He was trying so

laugh before it’s

there someone in there

me when she answers. Her eyes searching mine,

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we were kicked out. He hasn’t left her side

face harden and jaw lock. That

word, I turn and enter her room without

seated on her right with a bunch of open cards. Ava is seated slightly upwards. Despite the bandage

face.

and the smile slips

“Get out” she demands.

she was back

Ava” I calmly tell her and take a

are blazing. She was okay yesterday

happened? 2

you here, so you could you just fucking leave, and take those two

any of

to Emma and Travis. Something happened. Yesterday she

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