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

booming sound and people screaming my breath hitched. I’d been left calling Ava’s name over the phone in

told me that 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.

from those thoughts and

of them were from her students. Those kids adored Ava, no one

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

pulls me from my

Emma. Standing next to her is

up?” Travis asks. His voice

came close to losing his sister

“No” I reply.

Rowan” Emma says, “Go take a shower and change clothes then you can come back.

leaving, Emma”

leave. What if something happened and I wasn’t

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” Emma

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

second”

Ava She was still asleep and it didn’t seem like she would wake up anytime soon. Maybe I could go get a quick shower and then

but don’t leave her side” I

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if those criminals would try to come back and finish

on Ava. Emma just looks at me

when Emma grabs

be okay…Ava is too stubborn to surrender to death” she says with her smile before pecking my lips.

chin and forehead. Her lips on mine is a first and even though I’ve dreamed about this for nine years

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

is the woman I’ve been craving

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 yet. Since

nap.

I was supposed

I slept

rush out after reading

and I hate that I

was just about to enter her room when I spotted Emma and Travis

to leave her fucking side” I growl,

out” Emma

you mean ‘she kicked

she feels towards her

didn’t want us in her room,

we leave” Travis

in his voice. He was trying so hard to hide

I hear her laugh

there with

eyes searching mine, for what, I have no damn

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came a few minutes after we were

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

another word, I turn and enter her room without

a bunch of open cards. Ava is seated slightly upwards. Despite the bandage on her head, and the scratches on her face, she was smiling and

face.

me and the smile slips from her

“Get out” she demands.

was back to being

Ava” I calmly tell her and take a

and her eyes are

happened? 2

you could you just fucking leave, and take those two

any of

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