Ex-Husband's Regret

A dream
Ava

“I missed you mommy, why didn’t you call me?” Noah asks me, sadness in his voice.

I wanted more than anything to hold him in my arms. Just to reassure myself that I was still with him. That I wasn’t going to leave him motherless.

“I’m sorry my love, I lost my phone and I had to borrow your dad’s”

“Can we do a video call? I want to see you” he demands.

I know he senses that something is wrong but I can’t let him see me lying in a hospital bed. He will worry and want to come home. Given that I am now a supposed target, I couldn’t risk whoever is after me going after him.

I still couldn’t believe that there was a chance I was a main target. That someone wanted me dead.

“Not right now baby, they don’t allow video calls where I am” I lie.

“That’s a st* pid rule! Who makes such st* pid rules?” He screams through the phone.

I know that he is frustrated so I was going to let this slide.

“Noah…

“I just want to see you mommy, can’t dad make them leave you alone? He can make them give you permission, I know he can” he was close to tears and it was breaking my heart.

I look at Rowan and he is grinning like a fool. Noah knows how his father operates. He also knows that one word from Rowan Woods, and everyone bows down.

“Not this time… how about I call you tomorrow and we can skype?”

“You promise?”

“I promise”

I was getting discharged today so that would give me enough time to prepare for the call

tomorrow

“Okay mommy, talk to you tomorrow. I love you”

“Bye baby. Love you too”

“Grandma wants to talk…”

I hang up the phone before he can finish that sentence, I know it’s wrong but I just don’t want to

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Rowan stares at me, one of his eyebrow raised A look I can’t explain passes across his face. I’ve

asked him to leave so many times but he won’t budge. I even asked the nurse to throw him out

and he threatened to have the entire hospital shut down.

My unwanted guest is here every day now. Being around him this much is suffocating me

especially after that day when I woke up to find Emma and Travis in my room. Travis left the

room a couple minutes later to get something to eat. The moment he did Emma was on me like a

ravenous vulture.

Three days ago

“Your little trick won’t work Ava” Emma sneers the moment Travis leaves the room.

“What the hell are you talking about?”

to deal with whatever was going on with her. She seemed hell bent

for whatever shit she wanted to

little accident of yours, I’m sure you planned it

allow you to

shooting pain to

my car to be blown up so that I could end up

she delusional. And everyone thought that I wasn’t the brightest in the

their perfect Emma and the

would anyone want to kill you? What would

you lived or died and

death would mean nothing to us” she looks at me with

wanted to hit anyone like I wanted to hit her right

me is that it, Emma? Beat

plan?”

was she even here? Who let her in, I wanted her gone. I didn’t want her near me, who knows what she’ll do once

just saying things like they are. I hope that gang doesn’t kill you first, I mean, I want you to watch as

I did to her was

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one thing, Noah will never see you as

airport. You’re nothing to him

you and Rowan

taking’over the triumphant look she had seconds

full of

never loved you, every time he was touching you he was probably imagining me, how many times has

rest of what she says even though it hurts. My main concern being Noah. I see red when he calls Noah a brat. Taking the flower vase near me, I lunge it at her head. With a scream she ducks

crazy?!” Emma

out of my room

nurse enters looking at us

asks gently but I don’t want his

those times made me feel like scum instead of his sister. All those times he rubbed his

you ask you fucking sister” I glare at

them leave, I don’t want them

and my heart monitor was

ask you to leave, your presence is clearly affecting

you can’t kick me out of her

when has he ever

you don’t leave” the nurse says between clenched teeth. All traces of being nice completely gone.

he begs, but I don’t

everything I gave them and kept throwing it back at my face. I had nothing else to give I was empty where

make sure you and your sister stay away from

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my side, close my eyes and block them

Travis but they soon leave and I’m left in

the first time since

voice pulls me back to the

asked if you’re ready to leave” he

for a while wondering if Emma was right

believe that he wouldn’t but I’m not sure. Emma was and

know if her importance weighed

are you doing here, Rowan?” I ask instead of the question I really wanted

you mean?

you be with Emma at home enjoying your reunion?” I

sighs “You’re looking for a fight and I’m not going

get

don’t need help from a man who hates my fucking guts!

rather be

You don’t need my help? Who are you going to call to help you check

fucking friends,

Ethan can take me home” It’s true I had no friends, but Ethan