Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0505

I pick up the last box and glance around my room. This room has been my sanctuary for the last two years.

It had been my room when I was still a small girl, but over the years I changed it as I grew to become a woman. The décor, the paint and the furniture. I changed everything to fit the woman I became.

This is the room I cried in when I first leamed that Rowan had slept with Ava... Years later, in this same room, I licked my wounds after realizing all the pain and hurt I caused.

It became my source of comfort. The one place I could run and hide. The one place I could break down with no one to witness me unravel. If the walls could talk, they'd say just how much they witnessed. The secrets I hid. The terrifying thoughts of ending it all.

Now though, I was leaving it behind. I know that I'll still be sleeping here on the occasions I spend the night at home, but for some reason it felt like I was saying goodbye to it. There was a kind of finality. As if finally, I was letting go of the memories from the last two years. It felt like I was ending a chapter.

"Are you ready?" Travis's voice breaks through my thoughts.

My eyes shift briefly to him before going back to my room. Maybe when I am more emotionally stable, I'll find time and come to change the décor again. This way I can get rid of the memories that were etched on the walls. You know, give the room a brand-new start because we both need it.

"Yes," I finally whisper.

Like I said, it feels weird. This is my home. This will always be my room no matter what... but it feels like I am saying goodbye to it.

I turn my back on it. Travis takes the box from me and walks out. I don't look behind me again, instead I follow him. We walk in silence until we get downstairs.

as if they stubbornly refused to fall down. "Mom," I walk to

I remember when we first had to let you go. Your dad cried more

father. It's been two years since he died. I still think of him. I still love him. That will never

him," I whisper, my voice

hand and squeezes it. "We all do,

head

you ready for this?" Travis comes to stand next to

thumb. "Not by a long shot, but I have

"You are right."

accepted his grandmother and uncle wholeheartedly. I don't mind it though. A bit jealous, but I don't mind it.

kids," my mom beams with excitement. "It's time

Travis and I following behind her. This is

seat and mom in the back. Soon we are cruising in

could give me a chance too." There is longing in his voice. I know how he feels. Our situations are different but

misery, but I know Travis longs to have a relationship with Ava. He once told me that it kills him to know that Ava forgave Rowan and the entire Wood family, but she hasn't forgiven him

it," I try to console him, feeling his deep hurt and regret. "She came to visit us a couple of weeks ago. She even talked with mom. That's progress. Give her time.

been two years. If she hasn't forgiven me yet, I doubt she'll ever will." His voice

my heart. I want to ease his pain. I want to help him, but I know I can't. All I can do

me if I really cared for Gunner and Calvin, then I should be patient with them. Pushing

already knew the answer, but I had to ask