Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

15. New development

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

screaming my breath hitched. I’d been left calling Ava’s name over

me that Ava’s car had been bombed and that she was badly hurt. I can’t explain how I fucking felt but I know that it went beyond fear, beyond anguish.

shake myself from those thoughts and look at her

they couldn’t fit here. Most of them were from her students. Those kids adored Ava, no

cared for her work. Thinking that she was probably a failure but seeing her 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 for her, which just made me

her soft voice pulls

to her is Travis. Unlike Emma, he

she woken up?” Travis asks.

thing had shaken him. Not only him but everyone. He came close to losing his sister

“No” I reply.

a shower and change clothes then you can come back. You look

leaving, Emma” I

fucking leave. What if something happened and I

exhaustion…just go home, I’m sure it won’t take long for you to

“Emma is right, Rowan,

second”

wake up anytime soon. Maybe I could go get a quick

but don’t leave

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so who knew if those criminals

just looks at me with

up about to leave when Emma grabs my forearm and stops

too stubborn to surrender to death” she says with her

Since we decided to try again it’s been pecks on the cheek, chin and forehead. Her

feel of them is wrong and

Emma is the woman I’ve been craving

quickest shower known to man. I was dressing when I received a text from Travis letting me know that Ava had still not woken up yet. Since I was

power nap. I haven’t slept in

start. Shit! I was supposed to sleep for thirty minutes and according to

I

shoes and rush out after reading a

and I hate

forty minutes. I was just about to enter her room

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

us out” Emma answers

you mean ‘she kicked you

despite what she feels towards her family she wouldn’t be cruel enough

want us in her room, so the

to demand we

was trying so hard to hide

laugh before it’s followed by

in there

she answers. Her eyes searching mine, for what,

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Ethan came a few minutes after we were kicked out. He hasn’t left her side

lock. That

word, I turn and enter her

open cards. Ava is seated slightly upwards. Despite the bandage on her head, and the scratches on her face, she

face.

faces me and the

“Get out” she demands.

back to being

I calmly tell her and take a seat

are

happened? 2

you here, so you could you just fucking leave,

any of you

was referring to Emma and Travis. Something happened.