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.

mind at all. The feeling was F***ing mutual, given how he

as he turns around with Noah, and they follow a

just relieved, Mom,” I tell her as my eyes tear

was so happy. I hadn’t lost them. There was

love you, Ethan,” she says as tears fall

I can see it in her

was killing her.

pull her into my arms since

breathe. “And don’t worry. Ava and the

says, and mom and I let each other

“What?” I stammer.

me a radiant smile. “You have a baby

Yeah, I couldn’t hold them back any more, so they fell

beautiful name, but I was afraid Ava would be pissed that they named our baby without

day and they settled on Iris if she was a girl and Kaden if he was a

caught in my lungs,

wrong? Aren’t you happy

It’s just that I once mentioned to her

me a watery smile, and Dad gives

just happened to mention it to Ava. I told her if I ever had a son, he would be named Kaden. The fact that she took

any of us can say anything, a nurse calls for

it. You’re her father; you deserve

After they’ve dressed me up, she leads me

my daughter.

so small with tubes attached to her brings me to

to be okay?” I choke

someone so much that it felt all–consuming, but I was wrong. Right there, Iris becomes my

and we’re confident that she’ll

probably thinks the

made such a perfect being.

told me she was pregnant, then

but I will do everything I can to protect her, and because of her,

spend a few more minutes with her before Mary, as she introduced herself, tells me it’s time for me

The few minutes I got to spend with

me in ways I can’t explain. I will forever regret ruining my chance

hand when mom came and told me that my time is up.