Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

70. A kindred Spirit

Today was a chilled day. I didn’t have much to do. Noah was already at school, and I was here at

home just relaxing.

After my mental breakdown, I decided to take some much needed break from work. My students

weren’t happy about it, but they understood that I hadn’t been myself the last couple of weeks.

I planned to resume after I give birth. My focus now was my kids and the Hope Foundation.

I’m still trying to come to terms with all that happened these past few weeks. Including

everyone’s change in behaviour.

The only one who seemed to be consistent with her hateful personality was Emma. The rest seem

to have had an overnight change of heart.

Instead of focusing on those thoughts. I push them away and pick up my phone and dial mom’s

number. She picks up on the first ring.

“Hey mom” I greet her. I wasn’t completely used to calling her that, but I was slowly getting there.

“Ava!” She screams through the phone, always excited to hear from me. “Theo, my love, our

darling daughter is on the phone“.

I hear shuffling before a sort of echo fills the phone. I just know that she’s put me on loudspeaker.

“Hey dad” I greet him too.

Their love honestly fascinated me. They were together since they were thirteen and they’re still

together years down the line. More than thirty–five years later.

If I was still chasing after love, then their kind of love is what I would have been looking for.

Instead, I’ve accepted that love is just not for me. I’m now set and prepared to spend the rest of my

life alone.

“Hey darling, how are you doing?”

“I’m doing good. Not much going on. I just wanted to check up on you guys“.

I still haven’t told them that I am pregnant.

Even though I’m starting to show, it’s easy for me to hide my bump with oversized t–shirts. I just

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I know deep down it hurts them even though they try hiding it.

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he’s doing to them is wrong, but I also understand where he is

deserve their love after what he did. He was hiding from

wrote back and told me he was thankful. He couldn’t stop saying how he was dying to meet his

me back

a bit” I murmur

know if you’ll be coming

won’t be joining us this time. It’s his weekend with his

and the Sharp family used to have a monthly

invitation which was rare, I was treated like I didn’t exist. Like I didn’t matter. I was completely ignored and was treated like a

to me during the gatherings was Noah. Most of the time, I ended up leaving early

together in months. I guess now that

I am still happy that you’ll

but something takes my focus

think I’m imagining things since there aren’t any dogs in the area.

again.

have to check on something” I tell

“Okay honey”

move to where the sound seemed to be coming from. Going to the

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nothing left except a whole

in shock. My

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plant those, and you

Laying on the ground, giving me puppy eyes, but I wasn’t

wanted organic food, that’s why I started the damn garden in the first place and let me tell you, it took a lot of time and effort.” He whines, but I am too far gone to

out of this by flashing your cute, adorable eyes.” Shaking my head I stare at

heart begins to melt. He is big, fluffy and completely adorable. He had thick black and

Most people usually find him annoying as hell” the warm voice makes me whip my

The man was hot this close up. Black hair, green eyes, high cheekbones, a chiselled jaw line, lips that begged to be kissed and

hot and he

thinking. ‘Slow down Ava, you got fooled once by great

same mistake again‘. 3

I swore off love and men, but that doesn’t

see one. I’m

before?” The words tumble out of my mouth before I can stop

you look familiar“.

before answering. “Yes, we used to go to the

behind me”.

it still doesn’t ring much of a bell. Probably because

that I didn’t

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supplies when I still

he mentions his name,

Cal” for some weird reason,

when he was in school. He

fucking glow up” I stare at

Cal I remember was skinny, with too wide glasses that kept slipping down his nose. He had braces and

He was also a

library while

someone you would look at twice.

good now. Really good. I am glad that everything worked out for him. He changed into someone any woman would

well, thanks” he says