Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0247

Ethan.

muh

When I got the news from one of the inmates that Ava had been shot, I felt like my heart had been split wide open by a sledgehammer. Everything in me died when he told me that there was no further news, but the grapevine believed that she was dead because no one could survive that shooting. That, and the

fact that her family kept quiet about it and there was no official report that was released,

I love Ava, and I love my baby even more. Knowing that they both hadn’t made it almost drove me to

insanity.

I waited the whole time with my heart in my throat. I waited for my parents to reach out and give me the bad news. When night arrived without a word from them, I was convinced that the rumors must be true. somehow. Otherwise, why would they take so long to make contact?

I barely slept an inch the whole night. Worry and anxiety were constant companions, driving me to the edge of insanity and filling my head with painful thoughts.

At one point, I cried to God. Praying that he could somehow do a F***ing miracle. I didn’t believe in

any deity, but at that point, I was willing to believe in anyone who would tell me that they were both alive and okay.

My cellmate, the guards, and other inmates gave me pitying looks. I felt horrible, I looked horrible, and I was pretty sure that I was F***ing dying inside.

When moming came, I could barely keep my breakfast down. The images of one adult–size casket and another tiny one kept wreaking havoc inside my head. It’s all I could think about. It’s all I saw.

My heart skipped a beat when I was called into the warden’s office. I didn’t say anything when I saw my parent’s lawyer.

When he told me that I had been pardoned for a few hours, a ray of hope started rising inside me. On our way to the hospital, that small ray bloomed into something bigger when Christopher, the family lawyer, told me that Ava and the baby were alive but in the ICU.

I thanked whatever power that had done it. They were alive, and that’s what mattered the most.

Ethan, are you okay?” Mom’s voice brings me back to the present.

I stare at her, wondering how the F*** I got so lucky. Most women in her position would have kicked me out of their lives, but she didn’t. Neither did my father.

My eyes search for him. They finally land on him. He was a few feet away from me, and he had his hand clamped on Rowan’s shoulder.

kill me as his eyes seared me with hate. I didn’t mind

turns around with Noah, and they

I tell her

hadn’t lost them. There was

Ethan,” she says as tears fall

break. I can see it in her eyes. The possibility

was killing her.

arms since they

too, mom,” I breathe. “And don’t worry. Ava and the baby are going to be just fine.

have a daughter,” dad says, and mom and I let each

“What?” I stammer.

give me a radiant smile. “You have a baby girl. Her name is

hold them back any more, so they fell

her?” It was a beautiful name, but I was afraid Ava would be pissed that they named

they were discussing names one day and they settled on Iris if she was a girl and Kaden if

in my lungs, and my parents notice

Aren’t you happy with the name?”

name. It’s just that I once

me a watery smile, and Dad gives me a

her if I ever had a son, he would be named Kaden. The fact that she took me into consideration

say anything, a nurse calls

it. You’re her father; you deserve to see her,”

dressed me up, she

my daughter.

her so small with tubes attached

be okay?”

there, Iris becomes my world. I doubt anyone could ever

that she’ll be okay,” she answers with a kind

father probably thinks the same, but

made such a perfect being. She was everything to

convinced me when she told me she was pregnant,

can to protect her, and because of

as she introduced herself, tells

leave my daughter, but I have no other choice. The few minutes I got to spend with her were the best

ways I can’t explain. I will forever regret ruining my chance with her, but I’ve come to realize that everything happens for a reason. It may not

hand when mom came and told me