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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it on

The

hitched. I’d been left calling Ava’s name over the

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.

myself from those thoughts and look

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 and called her nurse to check

she was probably a failure but seeing her students lavish her with love changed my perspective. They wouldn’t do all that if she

voice pulls me from my

to her is Travis. Unlike

woken up?” Travis asks. His

had shaken him. Not only him but everyone. He came close to losing his sister and I guess it’s finally

“No” I reply.

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

not leaving, Emma”

if something happened

fall down in exhaustion…just go home, I’m sure

looks at me and chips in “Emma is right, Rowan, I promise we won’t leave her

second”

Ava She was still asleep and it didn’t seem like she would wake up anytime soon. Maybe I could go get a quick shower and then rush

then, but don’t leave

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if those criminals would try to come

Emma just looks at me with her piercing

up about to leave when Emma

death” she

time that has happened. Since we decided to try again it’s been pecks on the cheek, chin and forehead. Her lips on mine

them is wrong and the kiss

feeling this when Emma is the woman I’ve

take the 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

a power nap. I haven’t slept

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

phone, I slept

shoes and rush out after reading a message from Travis. Ava

hate

forty minutes. I was just about to enter her room when I spotted Emma

to leave her fucking side”

out” Emma answers

you mean

would do that and despite what she feels towards her family she wouldn’t be cruel enough to

that…she told the nurse that she didn’t want us in her room, so

demand we leave” Travis

emotion in his voice. He was trying

I hear her laugh before it’s

there with her?”

at me when she answers. Her eyes searching

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few minutes after we were kicked

my face harden and jaw lock. That fucking

word, I turn and enter her room

Despite the bandage on her head, and the scratches on her face, she

face.

the smile slips from

“Get out” she demands.

guess she was back to

Ava” I calmly tell her

her eyes are blazing. She was

happened? 2

you could you just fucking leave,

any of

assume she was referring to Emma and Travis. Something happened. Yesterday she was