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.

hell are you talking

was going on with her. She seemed

for whatever shit she wanted to

planned it to get Rowan’s attention, but

to get close

The vibration shooting pain to

my car to be blown up

everyone thought that

perfect Emma and the bullshit she was

would anyone want to kill you? What would they gain? Rowan

care one bit if you lived or died and we

to

anyone like I wanted to hit her right

me is that it, Emma? Beat the dog while it’s still

plan?”

she even here? 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.

to watch as I take everything away from

were we even related? I know what I did to her was

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Emma, but know one thing, Noah will never see

airport. You’re nothing to him and you will be nothing

you and Rowan

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

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

mine, after all we both know he has never loved you, every time he was touching you he was probably imagining me, how many times has he called my name while you

Taking the flower vase near me, I lunge it at her head. With a scream she ducks and the vase hits the wall just as Travis enters

crazy?!”

of my room now!” I

nurse enters looking at

gently but I

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

sister” I glare at him

them leave, I don’t

my heart monitor

“I’m going to ask you to leave, your presence is clearly affecting her and she shouldn’t be

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

Since when has he ever considered

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

begs, but I don’t have it

it back at my face. I had

and make sure you and your

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eyes and block them out. It takes a lot of back

soon leave and I’m left in peace.

for the first time

Rowan voice pulls me

ready

stare at him for a while wondering if Emma was right Would

believe that he wouldn’t but I’m not

if her importance weighed

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

you

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

for a fight and I’m not

and get you

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

rather be somewhere

are you going to call to help you check

fucking friends,

me home” It’s true I had no friends, but Ethan would