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?”

mood to deal with whatever was

and I wasn’t well enough for whatever shit she wanted to

I’m sure you planned it

to

vibration shooting pain to my injured

You believe I planned for my car to be blown up so that I could end

And everyone thought that I wasn’t the brightest

hear their perfect Emma and the bullshit she was

would anyone want to kill you? What would they gain? Rowan doesn’t

lived or died and we also don’t

would mean nothing to us” she looks at me

hit anyone like I wanted to hit her

insult me is that it, Emma? Beat

plan?”

the hell was she even here? Who let her in, I wanted her gone. I didn’t

just saying things like they are. I hope that gang doesn’t kill you first, I mean, I want you to watch as I take everything away from you just like you did me, including your

hell were we even related? I know what I did to her was wrong but damn

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but know one thing, Noah will never see

how he ignored you at the airport. You’re nothing to

and

taking’over the

pumps me so full of

you, every time he was touching you he was probably imagining me, how many times has he called my name while

ignore the 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 and the vase hits the wall just as Travis enters

crazy?!”

you, get out of

nurse enters looking at us

Travis asks gently but I don’t want his

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

you ask you fucking sister” I glare at him and

I don’t want them

head was pounding and my

face them. “I’m going to ask you to leave, your presence is clearly affecting her and she shouldn’t

can’t kick me

I scoff at that. Since when has he ever considered me his

you don’t leave” the nurse says between clenched

but I don’t

taken everything I gave them and kept throwing it back at my face. I had nothing

leave Travis, and make sure you and

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close my eyes and block them out. It takes a lot of back and

but they soon leave and I’m

for the first time since

you say? Rowan voice pulls me back to

asked if you’re ready

for a while wondering if Emma

I’m not sure. Emma was and is important

I just don’t know if her

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

do you mean?

least favorite person, so what are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be with Emma at home enjoying your

I’m not going to give it to

and get

help from a man who hates my fucking guts! Just leave, Rowan, we both know

rather be

my help? Who are you going to call to help you

no fucking friends,

me home” It’s true I had no friends, but Ethan would come it