Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0240

“What do you mean she sl*pped into a coma?” Theo asks with an unmistakable tremble in his voice.

My heart was once again thudding against my ribcage. It felt like it wanted to punch a whole right through my F***ing chest.

I try to think clearly, but it’s like my brain can’t function. Time slowed down as the doctor spoke. All I

heard was a ringing in my ear.

I stumble back and fall on the seat I had vacated. Gabe and my dad put their hands on me, but I shake them off. I didn’t want their comfort. I wanted the doctor to tell me that the surgery had been a success

and that in a few hours Ava would wake up.

ch, and “She had a total of four bullets. One hit her head, the second hit her chest, the third hit her stomach, the final one hit her thigh. We were able to remove three of them successfully, except for the one in her skull. It was lodged too deep and removing it would have killed her.”

Fuck. I don’t know what to feel or think about that. He is telling us that Ava will have to live with a bullet stuck in her head. How is any of that fair? She was okay this morning before things took a turn for the

worst.

she’s alive,‘ a

but would she stay alive?

drain. fluid, which helped with

into a comma. For now,

than seeing Ava get shot, then I was wrong. Hearing that

is like being stabbed by

pain. Not even my worst

breathe hoarsely. “Will she be able to make a full

in

say. This isn’t an induced coma, and we can’t assure you that she’ll wake up in a few days. She might wake up tomorrow, in a few days,

not wake

that. She’s strong; she’ll wake up. In a few F***ing days, she’ll be up,

it have any effect on her?” Nora asks as

her cheek.

to imagine how hard this must be for her. I can’t ever imagine facing

are others who are affected. She might have trouble remembering things, have speech and hearing issues, or have trouble recognizing words, letters, and numbers. These are just a few things that might be affected by the kind of injury to her brain. Right now, we can’t say for sure. We have

If she wakes up.

the words verbally, but it’s in the way he looks at us. The uncertainty is in his

down her face. Theo pulls her into his arms and hugs her close to his chest. The strong couple I know is nowhere to be seen. The only ones standing in