Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

45. Threats

I was shopping for furniture, but my mind wasn’t in it. I bought a new house. It was perfect for me

and it suited my style. Simple yet cozy. It was in a great neighborhood and was even closer to

Noah’s school. I loved it the moment I saw it. It also had a big backyard where Noah could play

unlike our previous house.

“Are you even paying attention?” Letty asks in annoyance.

She was helping me pick furniture my new home. It has been three days since I bought it and yet

it was sitting completely empty. I didn’t even have a bed for heaven’s sake. I’ve been sleeping on a

make shift bed on the floor.

“I’m sorry, Letty…I just have too much on my mind” I apologize.

When you have someone trying to kill you, most other things usually take a back seat. They don’t

seem as important as trying to stay a live long enough to see you child grow up.

I still get chills knowing that I was close to dying. Again. That someone deliberately set a fire to

my house. That they wanted me burned alive. What kind of a sick person does that?

Plus it can’t be a coincidence that the day of the dinner party someone chased me. Only to have

my house burned down the next day. 1

“Is it because of your house?” her voice is full of sympathy.

I clench my hands in fist. “Yes! And not only that, it’s everything. It just makes me so angry. Four

times, Letty! They’ve tried killing me four times and from what I see they don’t plan on stopping

until i’m dead. I just want to be left the fuck alone” I take a deep breath.

The people around as stare at us at my outburst, but I don’t give a shit about the scathing looks.

I sometimes felt so lost. I can’t bring my son back home even though I miss, because I don’t want

to put him in any danger. I haven’t held or kissed my baby boy in weeks.

“What terrifies me is what if they succeed? I haven’t see Noah in three months, Letty. Seeing him

on video calls isn’t the same as holding him in my arms. What if they succeed and I never get to

see or hold him again?” I ask, fighting the tears that threatened to fall.

“Uh…I don’t know what to say” she looks at me awkwardly

“You’re really not good at pep–talks are you?” I ask chuckling, wiping away my tears

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“Hell No!” She all but shouts then sighs “I don’t know what you’re feeling but I get you. I know

how frustrating this must be for you, but don’t let them get to you, cause the moment they do, you

give them power over you”

I think for a second about what little she’s told me. She was right. I can’t lose it right now. Who

knows? Maybe that is what they’re counting on. Making me lose it, so that I can be careless and

make a mistake.

“Thank you, Letty” I give her a side hug.

Her pep–talk however small, is exactly what I needed.

“Good. Now, have you gotten everything you need?” she asks. “We’ve been at this for hours and I’m

starving”

“Yeah…we can go get something to eat. Let me pay and then I’ll came back and rive the U–Haul

back to my place”

realize you can just hire them to deliver

it by yourself” she folds her hand and

like strangers in my space. Beside, I’m just driving it. Ethan will be by later

help move the

stares a bit before shrugging her shoulders. We head to the cashier and I pay for

we’ve chosen.

and eateries near the furniture

I ask her already feeling my

that something you even

I grin at her.

quickly and soon enough, we

We basically ordered the same thing. Fries, burger, chicken wings

about anything important. We joke, we eat

For a moment, I

so full I can barely think straight” Letty says, making

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look in her eyes and it was just

had an

I had a food

I tell her that there is nothing like that. Food

sentence.

brings pleasure and even if it’s not the same as the pleasure I

that sentence…haven’t you ever had of TMI” I

want is to hear what you and Travis do behind closed

“Oops” she says sheepishly.

wants to hear about their brother having S**. They especially

described.

phone beeps and I check

have to go…Ethan will be leaving work soon and I want to be there when

place”

It’s about time I head out too. My feet

our bills

for your

“Anytime, Ava”

say goodbye and she leaves. I walk the short distance to the furniture

late. Mainly because I

home by the

annoying voice makes me lift

Travis at the parking lot. She was staring at me like

murder.

drama so I turn about to move around them but

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now? bitterness and anger laced her

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judgement. I turn back around and face her. Travis just stood

like a damn statue

ask het, my eyebrows

with me! Are you happy now that Rowan broke things

plan all along

had happened between them, but

things off. He loved her

know why you think I would be happy

emotionlessly

shouts drawing the attention of

Travis. “Would you mind controlling your hysterical sister? The last

me because she thinks I had something to do

her and her man”

my sister,

Travis. Or have you forgotten the

me that yourself”

keeps quiet and looks down. I wait for the pain,

short lived when Emma takes a step towards

think you’ve won then you’re wrong Ava. Rowan is mine and I’ll go through anyone

to take him from me. I am not going to let you win. This time I

she spits.

back and raise my hand. “Whoa, first of

all, there will be no fighting to the death.

fuck him, and give him a

your fucking head that I. Do. Not.

getting tired of repeating the same thing over and

no longer

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believe that bullshit? You