Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0209

Rowan.

“Is Noah coming?” my mother asks me.

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“Not today, mom. I forgot to let Ava know, and I didn’t want to spring this on her all of a sudden,” I tell her

as I walk into Kate’s home.

It was our monthly get–together. Just like the last one, I didn’t want to be here. The only reason I was there was because I’d promised Mom that I would attend.

“I’ve missed him so much, and so has Kate. She really wanted to see

him.” She pauses. “Now that she

and Ava are estranged, the only time she gets to see Noah is during these get–togethers.”

I wanted to feel sorry for her, but I don’t. That makes me a bastard, sure, but I believe that we were all

we deserved. This was our punishment for how we treated

time,” I say as I walk

been friends for years. She would do anything

for almost thirty minutes

to hear about someone else’s suffering when

the backyard. I know Kate’s home like the back of my hand. After all, they’ve lived here for years. This is the same house where Ava and I got married. The same house she tried to escape when she found out she

in my tracks. Mom, who was following behind me,

asks, but I don’t turn around.

front when I don’t answer. My eyes stare

“Rowan? What is it?”

throat bobbles as I

I can’t imagine how my life. would

It didn’t happen and we should be grateful to God for

how foolish I had

if she stayed, and I did. I broke her heart more times than I can count. Right now, I don’t know what to even

crushing weight that descends on me every time I remember

have tried harder, maybe then I wouldn’t

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too much on your shoulders, Rowan. Sure, you hurt her, but you forget that we all played our roles in breaking her. Both families have a hand in destroying her heart. You’re not the only one to blame for her broken pieces.” Mom puts a hand around my forearm, trying to