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

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

and told me that Ava’s car had been bombed and that she was badly hurt. I can’t explain how I

thoughts

brought had to be 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

perspective. They wouldn’t do all that if she wasn’t

her soft voice pulls me from

Standing next to

she woken up?” Travis asks. His

everyone. He came close to losing his sister and

“No” I reply.

“Go take a shower and change clothes then you can come back. You

leaving,

leave. What if something happened and

fall down in exhaustion…just go home, I’m sure it won’t take long for

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

second”

and it didn’t seem like she would wake up anytime soon.

but don’t leave her side”

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who knew if those criminals would try to

his eyes on Ava. Emma just

to leave when Emma

be okay…Ava is too stubborn to surrender to death” she says with her smile before pecking my

decided to try again it’s been pecks on the cheek, chin and

are wrong, the feel of them is wrong

when Emma is the woman I’ve been craving for

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 yet. Since

to take a power nap. I haven’t

was supposed to sleep for

I slept for three

put on my shoes and rush out after reading a message from Travis. Ava woke up about

hate

hospital in forty minutes. I was just about to enter her

to leave her fucking side” I

us out” Emma answers

you mean ‘she kicked you

despite what she feels towards her family she wouldn’t

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

demand we

was trying

her laugh before it’s

in there with her?” I

answers. Her eyes searching mine, for what, I have no damn

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

That

word, I turn and enter her

is 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 smiling and it

face.

me and the smile slips from her

“Get out” she demands.

was back

happen, Ava” I calmly tell her

her eyes are blazing. She was okay yesterday so what

happened? 2

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

any of you

and