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

no mood to deal with whatever was going on

and I wasn’t well enough for

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

allow you to get close

vibration shooting pain to my

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

she delusional. And everyone thought that I wasn’t the brightest

hear their perfect Emma and the

kill you? What would they gain?

bit if you lived or died and we also

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

hit anyone like I wanted to hit

it, Emma? Beat the

plan?”

in, I wanted her gone. I didn’t want her near me, who knows what she’ll do

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,

what I did to her was

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bitch Emma, but know one thing, Noah will never see you as

airport. You’re nothing to him and you

you and Rowan

up. Anger taking’over the triumphant

name 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 forget about you and that

he has never loved you, every time he was touching you he was probably imagining me, how many times has he called

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

crazy?!” Emma

get out of

enters looking at us

what’s wrong?” Travis asks gently but

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

I glare at him and Emma before

I don’t

head was pounding and my heart monitor

leave,

kick me out

when has

the nurse says between clenched

he begs, but I don’t have it

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

leave Travis, and make sure you

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that I turn to my side, close my eyes and block them

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

laugh for the first

say? Rowan voice pulls me back to the

if you’re ready to leave” he

while wondering if Emma was right Would

that he wouldn’t but I’m not sure.

I just don’t know if her importance

I ask instead of the question I really

do you mean? he

both know that I’m your least favorite person, so what 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

my fucking guts! Just leave, Rowan,

rather be

Who are you going to call

fucking friends, Ava”

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