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?”

with whatever was going

wasn’t well enough for whatever shit she

planned it to get Rowan’s

you to get close

shooting pain

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

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

perfect Emma and the bullshit she was

to kill you? What would

or died and we also don’t

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

wanted to hit anyone like I wanted to hit

to insult me is that it, Emma? Beat

plan?”

here? Who let her in, I wanted her gone. I didn’t want her near

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

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

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thing, Noah will never see you as his

You’re nothing to him and

and

the triumphant look she had

I will make sure he pumps me so full of his

after all we both know he has never loved you, every time he was touching you

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

crazy?!” Emma

out of my room now!” I scream

enters looking at us

what’s wrong?” Travis asks gently but I

feel like scum instead of

I glare

make them leave, I don’t want

was pounding and my heart monitor was speeding

nurse turns to face them. “I’m going to ask you to leave, your presence is clearly affecting her

my sister, you can’t kick me

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

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

but I don’t have

my face. I had

and make sure you and your sister stay away

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

soon leave and I’m left in peace. That

for the

Rowan voice pulls

you’re ready to leave”

while wondering if Emma was right Would Rowan really abandon Noah?

not sure. Emma was and is important to

I just don’t know if her importance weighed more than

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

you mean?

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

not going to give it to

and get you

don’t need help from a man who hates my

rather be

are you going to

no fucking friends,

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