Attracted By My Ex-wife

At the moment, Ella was sound asleep upstairs. She opened her eyes slowly. Her beautiful, doe-like eyes were puffy and red, slightly swollen, and had dark circles under them. It was clear she had cried herself to sleep. However, this did not detract from her natural loveliness.

She picked up her cell phone, glanced at the clear blue sky outside her window, and dialed Colin's number.

Although Anne had told her that dreams were usually far from reality, Ella needed to make sure what she had just seen in her dream was not true.

Hearing each successive ring on the phone made Ella's little heart flutter with nerves that it was not being answered. She felt scared and helpless.

One ring after the other, it was like a death march. Her heart, which had been beating gently having just awakened from slumber, began to race, thudding against her chest as if it were trying to escape her body. She could not hide the fear from her face and she eventually heard the cold, monotonous female voice on the other end of the line.

"Sorry, the subscriber you have dialed is not available." No one answered.

What did this mean?

Since Ella was still young, Colin worried about her when he went away on his long business trips. He gave her a private number to call, that was just for her, so that he was just a call away in case she ever needed him. He never turned this phone off and was always available to Ella on this line.

But now...

The feeling of dread began to overcome her. She immediately jumped out of her bed and dialed another number that her father used. The same result ensued. No answer.

"Mom, Mom..."

sitting on the sofa, worry apparent from her face, when she suddenly heard Ella calling out

a terrible and vivid nightmare. She tried to comfort herself, telling herself that

lost her mother when she was so young and now, look what had happened with her

that he would never turn his phone off, no matter what hour of the day it is, so that I can talk to him whenever I want. But today, he didn't

eyes were like a dagger being thrust into Anne's heart.

know the truth about her father. But she was still a

Ella; what could she possibly say

Anne held Ella close to her. Her soothing

when push came to shove, she could not bring herself to

to shake off her worry, Ella pressed Anne

where he was conducting a survey. He didn't ignore your calls on purpose." It was a white lie. Ella was still very small so Anne did not have to come up with a complicated lie to

comforted by the lie. She nodded and one could

him focusing on his business. He would never break a promise to me so I know it's the

and he will keep this up in future. So don't fret over this any longer." Once again, Anne reached for Ella and gathered her in her arms. Tears fell

she was strong - really strong. But seeing this poor little girl in front of her, she

What if he was dead?

Ella

was undeniable that there were certain things and people in this world that were simply

in the scene before him. He frowned when he saw the tears in his mom's