Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0528

All my strength leaves me, and I stumble at his words, unable to fully comprehend what he was saying or the meaning behind his words.

Shocked gasps fill the room as everyone stares at the doctor as if he's an alien from outer space.

"Is she awake? Can we see her?" this comes from Ava.

*She's not awake. She's in the ICU, and only immediate family members are allowed to see her." He answers. "I'll arrange for that in a few... If you excuse me, I need to check on her."

We are left staring at his back as he walks away. It's a devastating blow to hear that Emma may not ever walk again.

I take my seat, unable to stand up longer given that my damn knees were weak.

understand. She was on her way to recovery. She was doing well. She was mending fences and putting her life back together.

will she wake up?" Gunner asks the doctor, who was busy checking Emma's

in the ICU. They had moved her about two

a cast. Even then, she still looked like an angel as she slept on the white hospital bed, and her hair spread across the pillow. Her chest rose and fell, but that was the only indication that she was alive. Well, that and

answers him, as gently as he can. "We call it the will of the patient. Some have the willpower to come back and fight to get back to the land of the living,

that I wouldn't end up in jail for assaulting a doctor... But then again, he did warn us that he doesn't

refused to let go of her hand

respond. Maybe you can give her a reason to want to come back." with those parting words, he

whispers, his lips trembling as he fights back his tears. "I want to plant more flowers with

shatter. It destroys me to see him losing hope every day that

he cries. "I promise I'll

I hug him tightly, wishing I could take his pain away. Wishing I could give him what he desires. I can't do any of that, but I can be there for him, and that's what