Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 31

I don’t like her
Rowan.

I stare at my hands. My mom speaks softly to me. “I’m sorry Ro, but he refuses to come to talk to

you”

I’ve never been this hurt. Not even when Emma broke up with me and left. Noah is angry with me

and has refused to answer my calls. Ava was right, Noah should come first and yet I let him down.

I’d decided to take Emma out on my yacht. It was to afford us privacy to talk. She wasn’t very happy after she learned that I had left her to rush to Ava’s side. It was my way of making it up to her. Unfortunately I’d lost complete track of time and my phone’s battery died.

I’ve never seen Ava angry, and yesterday she took me by surprise. The fact that she stood up for Noah and called me out on my behavior left me feeling sort of proud of her. She had a back bone.

after all. It was nice to see that.

“Rowan?” my mom calls out. “I’m going to hang up now”

“No, please bring him to the phone. I want to apologize to him”

Never has Noah ever refused to talk to me. It was crushing me to know that I had let him down. That I had broken my promise to him.

Mom sighs. “You hurt him, Rowan. He was so excited yesterday. He was looking forward to you hearing all his accomplishments.

He cried while he was talking to Ava after the meeting. Noah never cries and yet you managed to bring forth tears from him”

I stare at the wall feeling like the worst scum of the world. I didn’t have a fucking excuse. I should have been in school like I had promised. Instead I was enticing Emma into forgiving me yet again.

“I know that…I heave a breath out, feeling defeated.

“Do you? You’re not the one who had to watch him cry and console him. I’m happy that Emma is back so you can stop hurting and I understand you two are trying to work things out but that doesn’t mean you neglect your responsibilities. You have a son Rowan, he should always come first

“You don’t have to tell me that, Ava already chewed my ear off yesterday” I ran my hand through

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“As she should. She’s a mother and we mothers will do anything for our child even if it means going up against their dad” she finishes, shocking me completely.

Never and I mean never has my mother ever taken Ava’s side. If there was someone who was

against Ava from the start, it’s my mother.

“I get it, but can you please try and coerce him into talking to me?” I beg her, something I’m not

used to.

the phone. Minutes pass and I almost hang up in

comes Noah’s soft

“I’m so sorry I didn’t make it to your school yesterday. I got held up somewhere and lost

cuts me off before I

you didn’t go to my

anger that I feel slowly rising. Did Ava tell him about Emma? Was

your mother?” I ask trying to force the

dad, mommy didn’t tell me anything” I hear a change in his

“What do you mean?”

girlfriend? I asked mommy and she told me that I should talk

my home twice, I didn’t know that during one of those times, Noah

“Buddy

I don’t like her, I will never accept

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Noah would accept her? He was loyal to Ava.

loves her

she’s not your mother?” maybe he just had a problem

Maybe he just feels like she’s

that’s just wrong dad” he says as a matter

the same dislike Ava

Emma? I wouldn’t be surprised if she

dating Emma and I expect you to treat her with

step mother. You’ll have to get used to seeing her

whatever was growing inside him. Noah

going anywhere.

shouts defiantly through

“Noah…”

but just know I will never accept her. I will

be any kind of mother to me.”

again but it’s switched

hateful towards anyone, but for some reason he hates

doesn’t even know. 3

made everything worse. That he

opens and Emma

together after such a long

the

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