Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Ava

“I missed you mommy, why didn’t you call me?” Noah asks me, sadness in his voice.

I wanted more than anything to hold him in my arms. Just to reassure myself that I was still with him. That I wasn’t going to leave him motherless.

“I’m sorry my love, I lost my phone and I had to borrow your dad’s”

“Can we do a video call? I want to see you” he demands.

I know he senses that something is wrong but I can’t let him see me lying in a hospital bed. He will worry and want to come home. Given that I am now a supposed target, I couldn’t risk whoever is after me going after him.

I still couldn’t believe that there was a chance I was a main target. That someone wanted me dead.

“Not right now baby, they don’t allow video calls where I am” I lie.

“That’s a st* pid rule! Who makes such st* pid rules?” He screams through the phone.

I know that he is frustrated so I was going to let this slide.

“Noah…

“I just want to see you mommy, can’t dad make them leave you alone? He can make them give you permission, I know he can” he was close to tears and it was breaking my heart.

I look at Rowan and he is grinning like a fool. Noah knows how his father operates. He also knows that one word from Rowan Woods, and everyone bows down.

“Not this time… how about I call you tomorrow and we can skype?”

“You promise?”

“I promise”

I was getting discharged today so that would give me enough time to prepare for the call

tomorrow

“Okay mommy, talk to you tomorrow. I love you”

“Bye baby. Love you too”

“Grandma wants to talk…”

I hang up the phone before he can finish that sentence, I know it’s wrong but I just don’t want to

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Rowan stares at me, one of his eyebrow raised A look I can’t explain passes across his face. I’ve

asked him to leave so many times but he won’t budge. I even asked the nurse to throw him out

and he threatened to have the entire hospital shut down.

My unwanted guest is here every day now. Being around him this much is suffocating me

especially after that day when I woke up to find Emma and Travis in my room. Travis left the

room a couple minutes later to get something to eat. The moment he did Emma was on me like a

ravenous vulture.

Three days ago

“Your little trick won’t work Ava” Emma sneers the moment Travis leaves the room.

are you talking

was in no mood to deal with whatever was going

enough for whatever shit she wanted to

of yours, I’m sure you planned it to

to get close

The vibration shooting pain

I planned for my car to be blown up so that

thought that I wasn’t the brightest in the family,

Emma and the bullshit she was

course…I mean why would anyone want to kill you? What would

so he wouldn’t care one bit if you lived or died and we also don’t care

death would mean nothing to us” she

hit anyone like I wanted to hit her

is that it, Emma? Beat the

plan?”

Who let her in, I wanted her gone. I didn’t want her near me, who knows what she’ll do once I’m a sleep.

want you to watch as I take everything away from you just like you did

I know what I did

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but know one thing, Noah will

you at the airport. You’re nothing to him and

you and Rowan

scrunches up. Anger taking’over the triumphant look she had

Rowan is screaming at night, I will make sure he pumps me so full of his cum that I get pregnant and when I do he will soon

both know he has never loved you, every time he was touching you he was probably

brat. Taking the flower vase near me, I lunge it at her head. With a scream

you crazy?!” Emma

you, get out of my

nurse enters looking at us

gently but I

remember all those times he treated me like trash. All those times made me feel like scum instead of his sister. All

ask you fucking sister” I glare

I don’t

my heart monitor was speeding

leave, your presence

you can’t kick me out

Since when has he ever considered me his

call the security if you don’t leave” the nurse says between clenched teeth. All traces of being nice

I don’t

taken everything I gave them and kept throwing it back at my face. I had nothing else to give I was empty where my love for them

leave Travis, and make sure you and your sister

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turn to my side, close my eyes and block them out. It takes a lot of back

soon leave and I’m left in peace. That is until

for the first time since

did you say? Rowan voice pulls

if you’re ready to leave” he

while wondering if Emma was right Would

believe that he wouldn’t but I’m not sure. Emma was and is

don’t know if her importance weighed

ask instead of the question I really wanted

do you mean?

you doing here? Shouldn’t you be

I’m not going to

get you

who hates my fucking

rather be

don’t need my help? Who are you going to call to help you check out? You

fucking friends,

Ethan can take me home” It’s true I had no friends, but Ethan would come it I