Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 14

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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

screaming my breath hitched. I’d been left calling Ava’s name over

that she was badly hurt. I can’t

thoughts and look at

from her students. Those kids adored Ava, no one

do all that if she wasn’t a great teacher. Her colleagues also had nothing but praise

pulls

look at Emma. Standing next to her is

she woken up?” Travis asks. His

everyone. He came close to losing his sister and

“No” I reply.

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

not leaving,

fucking leave. What if something happened

go

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

second”

would wake up anytime soon. Maybe I could go get a quick

don’t leave

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criminals would try to

Ava. Emma just looks at me with her piercing

when Emma grabs my forearm

is too stubborn to surrender to death” she says

been pecks on the cheek, chin and

are wrong, the feel of them is wrong

is the woman I’ve been craving for

my house and take the quickest shower known to man. I was dressing when I received a text from Travis letting me know that

to take a power nap. I haven’t slept

start. Shit! I was supposed to

phone, I slept for

after reading a message from Travis. Ava woke up about

and I hate that I

the hospital in forty minutes. I was just about to

leave her fucking side”

us out” Emma answers

do you mean

no way Ava would do that and despite what she feels towards her family she wouldn’t be cruel enough to kick them out in her time

she didn’t want us in her

we

his voice. He was trying so hard to hide

hear her laugh before it’s followed by a

there with

when she answers. Her eyes

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Ethan came a few minutes after we were kicked out. He hasn’t

jaw lock. That fucking bastard, what the

turn and enter her room without

Despite the bandage on her

face.

and the smile slips from

“Get out” she demands.

back to being ice

Ava” I calmly tell her and

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

happened? 2

you could you just

any of

was referring to Emma and Travis.

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