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.

the hell are you talking

mood to deal with whatever was going

I wasn’t well enough for whatever shit she wanted to

I’m sure you planned it to get Rowan’s attention, but

you to

The vibration shooting pain to my

to be blown up so that I could end up in hospital in order to

delusional. And everyone thought that I wasn’t

perfect Emma and the bullshit

why would anyone want to kill you?

you lived or died and we also don’t

you death would mean nothing to us” she looks at me with

wanted to hit anyone like I wanted to hit her

me is that it,

plan?”

her gone. I didn’t want her near

hope that gang doesn’t kill you first, I mean, I want you to watch as I take everything away from you just like you did me, including

hell were we even related? I know what I did

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but know one thing, Noah will never

ignored you at the airport. You’re

and

scrunches up. Anger taking’over the triumphant

I will make sure he pumps me so full of his

children he acknowledges are mine, after all we both know he has never loved you, every time he was touching you

the rest of what she says even though it hurts. My main concern being Noah. I see red when he calls Noah a brat. Taking the flower vase near me, I

crazy?!” Emma

out of my room

nurse enters looking at

gently but I don’t

those times he treated me like trash. All those times made me feel like scum instead of his sister. All those times he rubbed his love for Emma in my face while treating me

you ask you fucking sister” I glare at him

make them leave, I don’t want

was pounding and my

going to ask you to leave, your

kick me out of

at that. Since when has he ever

security if you don’t leave” the nurse says between clenched teeth.

begs, but I

throwing it back at my face. I had nothing else to give I

sure you and

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my side, close my eyes and block them

Travis but they soon leave and I’m left in peace. That

makes me laugh for the first time since everything

Rowan voice pulls me back to the

if you’re ready to

if Emma was right Would

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

don’t know if

you doing here, Rowan?” I ask instead of the question I really wanted to

you mean?

are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be with Emma at home enjoying

looking for a fight and I’m not going to give it to you. let’s

and get you

a man who hates my fucking guts! Just leave, Rowan, we both know

be

you going to call to help you check

fucking friends,

I had no friends, but Ethan would come it I asked