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

hitched. I’d been left

had been bombed and that she was badly hurt. I can’t explain how I fucking felt but I know that it

thoughts and look at

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 in groups each day and

wouldn’t do all that if she wasn’t a great teacher. Her colleagues also had

pulls me

turn to look at Emma. Standing next to

woken up?” Travis asks. His

him. Not only him but everyone. He came close to losing his sister and I guess it’s

“No” I reply.

need to go home, Rowan” Emma says, “Go take a shower and change clothes then you can come

not leaving, Emma”

What if something happened and

no good to her or anyone if you fall down in exhaustion…just go home, I’m sure it won’t take long for you to look presentable”

in “Emma is right, Rowan, I promise we won’t

second”

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

don’t leave her side”

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

Emma just looks at me with her

to leave when Emma grabs my forearm

is too stubborn to surrender to death”

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

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

Emma is the woman I’ve been craving for nearly

received a text from Travis letting me

to take a power nap. I haven’t

I was supposed to sleep for

my phone, I slept for

out after reading a

hate that I

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

I told you not to leave

out”

mean ‘she kicked

that and despite what she feels towards her family she wouldn’t

she didn’t want us in her room, so the nurse had no

to demand we leave”

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

her laugh before it’s followed by

someone in there with her?” I

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

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a few minutes after we were kicked out.

jaw lock. That fucking bastard, what the hell was he

I turn and enter

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

face.

faces me and the

“Get out” she demands.

she was back

happen, Ava” I calmly tell her

and her eyes are blazing.

happened? 2

you here, so you could you just fucking leave, and take those two with you…I

of

Emma and Travis. Something happened. Yesterday

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