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 been left

Ava’s car had been bombed and that she was badly hurt. I can’t explain how I fucking felt but I know that it went beyond fear, beyond anguish.

thoughts and look at

from her students. Those kids adored Ava, no one needed to be told

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

pulls

Emma. Standing next to her is

woken up?” Travis asks. His voice

everyone. He came close to losing his sister and I guess

“No” I reply.

take a shower and change clothes then you

leaving, Emma” I

What if something happened and I wasn’t

fall down in exhaustion…just go home, I’m sure it won’t take long for you to look presentable”

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

second”

like she would wake up anytime soon. Maybe I could go

but don’t leave

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attacked so who knew if those criminals would try to come back and finish the

his eyes on Ava. Emma just looks at me with her piercing

stand up about to leave when Emma

surrender to death” she

the first time that has happened. Since we decided to try again it’s been pecks on the cheek, chin and forehead. Her lips on mine is a first and even

feel of them is wrong and the kiss

Emma is the woman I’ve been craving for

I was dressing when I received a text from Travis letting me know that Ava had still not woken up yet. Since I was feeling

take a power nap. I haven’t

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

phone, I slept

shoes and rush out after reading a message from Travis. Ava

I hate that

minutes. I was

not to leave her fucking side” I growl,

out” Emma

do you mean ‘she kicked you

her family she wouldn’t be cruel enough to

nurse that she didn’t want us in her

we leave”

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

I hear her laugh before

in there with her?”

eyes searching mine, for what, I have

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were kicked out. He hasn’t left her

jaw lock. That fucking bastard, what the hell was

word, I turn and enter

Despite the bandage on her head, and the scratches on her face, she was smiling and it transformed

face.

faces me and the smile slips from

“Get out” she demands.

guess she was back to being

calmly tell her and take a seat on her

eyes are blazing. She was okay yesterday so what

happened? 2

don’t want you here, so you could you just fucking leave, and take those two with

any of

Emma and Travis. Something