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..."

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

by a terrible and vivid nightmare. She tried to comfort herself, telling herself that nothing would happen to her father, but

little girl actually had a tragic and miserable life. She lost her mother when she was so young and now, look

I can talk to him whenever I want. But today, he didn't answer the phone. Is something wrong?" Ella stepped forward and grabbed onto Anne's clothes.

child's sad eyes were like a dagger being thrust into Anne's

to know the truth about her father. But she was still a small child. How

Ella; what could

Ella close to her. Her soothing voice was full of compassion and had a calming

be honest with Ella but, when push came to shove, she could not bring herself to tell her the truth of the situation.

why isn't Dad answering his phone?" Unable to shake off her worry, Ella

on a construction site visit where he was conducting a survey. He didn't ignore your calls on purpose." It was a white lie. Ella was still very

lie. She nodded and one could sense that a weight had been lifted

always after a few years pass with him focusing on his

his word 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 onto her arms from Ella's eyes,

trials and tribulations Anne had faced in her own life, she felt she was strong -

What if

to adopting Ella but they were not her blood relatives. How would

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

frowned when he saw the tears in his mom's