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

and I wasn’t well enough for

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

to get close to

The vibration shooting

believe I planned for my car to be blown up so that I could end up in hospital in order to get Rowan’s

And everyone thought that I wasn’t

and the bullshit she was

kill you? What would they gain? Rowan doesn’t

lived or died and we also don’t care much about you.

death would mean nothing to us” she

anyone like I wanted to hit her

you came here to insult me is that it, Emma? Beat the

plan?”

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

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 take everything away from you just like you did me,

related? I know what I

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thing, Noah will never see you as his mother.

you at the airport. You’re nothing to him and you will

and

up. Anger taking’over the triumphant look she

night, I will make sure he pumps me so full of

know he has never loved you, every time he was touching you he

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

crazy?!” Emma

you, get out of my room now!”

nurse enters looking at us

Travis asks gently

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

don’t you ask you fucking sister” I glare at him and

them leave, I

my heart monitor was

to ask you to leave, your presence is clearly affecting her and she shouldn’t

me out of her

that. Since when has he ever

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

he begs, but I don’t have it

back at my face. I had nothing else to give I was empty where my

leave Travis, and make sure you and your sister stay away

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close my eyes and

Travis but they soon leave and I’m

makes me laugh for the first time since everything

you say? Rowan voice pulls me back to

you’re ready

at him for a while wondering if Emma was right

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

know if her importance

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

do you mean? he

both know that I’m your least favorite person, so what are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be with

looking for a fight and I’m not going to give it to

get you

my fucking guts! Just leave,

rather be

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

no fucking friends,

true I had