Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0527

I pull myself up straight, my back ramrod, as I try to give myself some false bravado. I try to get the words out. To tell her that I am okay, but my tongue is heavy, and the words refuse to leave my mouth.

She gently pats my shoulders. "I understand. Go and take a seat. It looks like your son needs a shoulder to lean on right now. You can be each other's anchor."

I do the only thing I can. I nod my head before leaving. I get to Gunner and sit next to him before pulling him onto my lap. We hug each other, holding on to one another.

I don't know how long it is when I feel someone shaking me. I focus on the person only to find Ava staring at me. Her brows pulled down, her mouth turned down, and her eyes full of worry.

"We are all here," she mumbles softly before sitting next to me. "Is she still in surgery?"

"Yes," I croak out the word that feels to have been pulled from deep down.

"What happened?" Travis asks, holding their mother, who seems last in his hands.

members have been in the hospital. One of them never came out alive, the other one was a close call, and now

her is here. Travis, their mom, Ava and Rowan, Connier and Reaper, Letty, Gabriel, and his wife. Rowan and Gabriel's parents too. The only one missing is Molly.

the street. She wanted to get him, but I insisted that I should

Emma saved our son, but got hurt

fault," Gunner cries brokenly, his pain

I hate seeing him blame himself. Seeing the broken look in his eyes is killing

the back of it. "It's not your fault

nods his head, but I can see it in his eyes. He is still blaming himself, and he'll continue doing that for

so worried about Emma. We were all beginning to get agitated by the lack of

*Emma's family?"

the doctor's face, and I didn't want Gunner hearing what he had to say in case it's bad news. Let's be honest, doctors don't really know how

get a

*Sure"

want to go," Gunner protests, his brows