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?”

in no mood to deal with whatever was going on with her. She seemed

for whatever shit she wanted to stir

of yours, I’m sure you planned it to get Rowan’s attention, but I’m telling you,

to

laugh The vibration shooting pain to

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

that I wasn’t the

their perfect Emma and the

want to kill you? What would they gain? Rowan

or died and

mean nothing to us” she looks at me with

hit anyone like

that it, Emma? Beat

plan?”

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

to watch as I take everything away from you just like you did me, including your son. He

I know what I did to her

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Emma, but know one thing, Noah will never see you as his mother. don’t

You’re nothing to him and

you and Rowan

face scrunches up. Anger taking’over the

so full of his cum

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

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

you crazy?!”

out of

enters looking at us

wrong?” Travis asks gently but I

of his sister. All those times he rubbed his

ask you fucking sister” I glare at

make them leave, I don’t want

and my heart

you to leave, your presence is clearly affecting her and

my sister, you can’t kick me

that. Since when has he

security if you don’t leave” the nurse says between clenched teeth. All traces

begs, but I don’t have it in

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

Travis, and make sure you and your

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my side, close my eyes and block them out. It

they soon leave and I’m left in peace. That is until Ethan

laugh for the first time

Rowan voice pulls me back to

you’re ready to leave” he

if Emma was right Would Rowan really

believe that he wouldn’t but I’m not sure. Emma was and is important to Rowan

don’t know if her

I ask instead of the question I really

do you

your least favorite person, so what are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be with Emma at home enjoying your reunion?” I ask bitterly, Emma’s word still

I’m not

and get you

who hates my

rather be somewhere

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

no fucking

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