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

whatever was going on with her. She seemed hell

well enough for whatever shit she wanted to stir

little accident of yours, I’m sure you planned it to get

to get close to

shooting pain to my injured

believe I planned for my car to be blown up so that I

thought that I wasn’t the brightest in the

perfect Emma and the bullshit she was

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

bit if you lived or died and we

nothing to us” she looks

anyone like I wanted

here to insult me is that it, Emma? Beat the dog while it’s still down,

plan?”

she even here? Who let her in, I wanted her gone. I didn’t want her near

kill you first, I mean, I want you to watch as I

know what I did to her was wrong but damn haven’t

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a nasty bitch Emma, but know one thing, Noah will never see you as his mother. don’t

you at the airport. You’re nothing to him

and

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

at night, I will make sure he pumps me so full of his cum that I get pregnant

never loved you, every time he was touching you he was

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 lunge it at her head. With a scream she ducks and the vase

crazy?!” Emma

get out of my room

enters looking at

wrong?” Travis asks gently but I

feel like scum instead of his sister. All those times he rubbed his love for Emma in my face

fucking sister” I glare at him and

leave, I don’t want them

and my heart

face them. “I’m going to ask you to leave, your presence is clearly affecting her and

sister, you can’t kick me out of her room!” Travis

I scoff at that. Since when has

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

begs, but I don’t have it in

kept throwing it back at my face. I had nothing

make sure you and your

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my eyes and block them out. It takes a

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

the first

did you say? Rowan voice pulls me back

ready

him for a while wondering if Emma was right Would Rowan really abandon Noah?

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

know if her importance weighed more than

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

do you

here? Shouldn’t you be with Emma at home enjoying your reunion?” I ask bitterly, Emma’s word still playing

for a fight and I’m not

get

a man who hates my fucking guts! Just leave,

be somewhere

need my help? Who are you going to call to help you check

no fucking friends, Ava”

had no friends, but Ethan would