Ex-Husband's Regret

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Rowan.

“How is she doing, Rowan?” Kate, Ava’s mother asks.

The concern in her voice is genuine. You can hear how hard she’s trying to stop herself from

crying. It’s been a very hard couple of days and I still can’t over how we almost lost Ava

“She woke up yesterday for a few minutes before going back to sleep and before you start

worrying, the doctor said it’s normal for patients with head injuries”

I hear her sigh with relief. Kate has been different since the death of her husband She wants to

get close to Ava only now Ava has decided she doesn’t want anything to do with her family. In fact

she doesn’t want anything to do with all of us.

“Will she be okay? Will she make a full recovery?”

“Yes, the doctors are confident, but they’re not sure if she will be completely okay. It’s still too

early to tell but they say with this type of head injury there might be complications”

That was one of the things I was fucking afraid of. In all honest I just wanted her to be okay.

“Don’t worry though, Ava is strong I’m sure she’ll pull through. I got to go but I’ll call when she

wakes up, the last time she did, she was asking about Noah”

“Okay, Rowan, please keep me informed and make sure she’s getting the best treatment”

“I will”

I hang up after that and watch her. She looks so peaceful and beautiful. Why have I never noticed

how flawless her complexion is? Or how naturally long her eye lashes are? Or how full and red her

lips are

‘Because you never wanted to, you were so focused on hating and blaming her that you never

noticed anything good about her‘ my inner voice whispers. *

I sigh because I know that it’s the truth. I never wanted her so I went to great lengths to block her

out and it had worked until now. This new version of Ava demands attention. Demands to be

noticed.

I take her hand in mine. It’s so small and so soft. I’ve been doing this a lot. Rubbing her wrist and

feeling her pulse just to assure myself that she was still alive. That that bombing had not taken

her from us

Whenever I think of that Sunday, my heart squeezes and I feel like I’m fucking dying. I had called

her to warn her to stay away from Emma. Emma had come to me crying. She told me that Ava had

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to lay it on her.

The

people screaming my breath hitched. I’d

was badly hurt. I can’t explain how I

from those thoughts and look at her

because they couldn’t fit here. Most of them were from her students. Those kids adored Ava, no one needed to be told twice. They visited her

never cared for her work. Thinking that she was probably a failure but seeing her students lavish her with love changed my perspective. They wouldn’t do all that if she wasn’t a great teacher. Her colleagues also had nothing but praise for her, which just made me realize how much of her life

her soft voice pulls me

look at Emma. Standing next to her is

woken up?” Travis asks. His voice

shaken him. Not only him but everyone. He came close to losing his sister and I

“No” I reply.

home, Rowan” Emma says, “Go take a shower and change

leaving, Emma” I

if something happened and I wasn’t

in exhaustion…just go home, I’m sure it won’t take long

at me and chips in “Emma is right, Rowan, I promise we won’t leave her even for

second”

it didn’t seem like she would wake up anytime soon. Maybe I

leave her

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knew if those criminals would try to come back and finish

eyes on Ava. Emma just

when Emma grabs my forearm

stubborn to surrender to death” she says with her smile before pecking my

to try again it’s been pecks on the cheek, chin and forehead. Her lips on mine is a first and

wrong, the feel of them is wrong and the kiss itself is fucking wrong.

the woman I’ve been

and take the quickest shower known to man. I was dressing when I received a text from Travis letting me know that Ava had still not woken up

to take a power nap.

up with a start. Shit! I was supposed to sleep for thirty minutes and according

I slept

shoes and rush out after reading a message

hate that I wasn’t

I get to the hospital in forty minutes. I was just about to enter her room when

not to leave her fucking side” I

us out” Emma

do you mean ‘she kicked

she feels towards her

that…she told the nurse that she didn’t want us in

to demand we

was an emotion in his voice. He was trying so hard to

her laugh before it’s followed by a

someone in there with

when she answers. Her eyes searching mine, for what, I

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after we were kicked out. He hasn’t left her side

That

word, I turn and enter her

is seated slightly upwards. Despite the bandage on her head, and the scratches on her face, she was smiling

face.

and the

“Get out” she demands.

back to

calmly tell her

is contorted in fury and her eyes are blazing. She was okay yesterday so what the

happened? 2

so you could you just fucking leave,

any of

referring to Emma and Travis. Something happened. Yesterday she was