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

The

hitched. I’d been left calling

badly hurt. I can’t explain how I

thoughts and look at her

be taken to her house because they couldn’t fit here. Most of them were from her students. Those kids

never 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

her soft voice pulls me

look at Emma. Standing next to her is Travis. Unlike

up?” Travis

everyone. He came close to losing his

“No” I reply.

take a shower and change clothes then you can come

not leaving, Emma”

What if something happened

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

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

then, but don’t leave her side”

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was attacked so who knew if those criminals would

on Ava. Emma just looks at me with

leave when Emma grabs my forearm

too stubborn to surrender to death”

decided to try again it’s been pecks on the cheek, chin and forehead. Her lips on mine is a first and

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

when Emma is the woman I’ve been craving

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

nap.

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

phone, I slept

rush out after reading a message from

I hate that I

in forty minutes. I was just about to enter her room when I spotted Emma and Travis sitting

told you not to leave her

out” Emma

mean ‘she kicked

her family she wouldn’t be cruel enough to kick them

want us in her room, so the nurse had no

we

emotion in his voice. He was trying so hard to hide it but it was

laugh before

there someone in there with her?”

looks at me when she answers. Her eyes searching

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a few minutes after we were kicked out. He hasn’t

That fucking

word, I turn and

seated on her right with a bunch of open cards. Ava is seated slightly upwards. Despite the bandage on her head, and the scratches on her face, she was

face.

faces me and the smile slips

“Get out” she demands.

she was back to being ice

I calmly tell her and take a

contorted in fury and her eyes are blazing. She was okay yesterday so what

happened? 2

just fucking leave,

any of

to Emma and