His remedy
Present day.
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“So you see, they have a reason to hate me…I ruined their love” I mutter as tears fill my eyes.
It’s always painful for me to go down memory lane. I was naïve and foolish. Thinking that I could
ake him love me after I literally ruined his life. Nine years later and I’m still paying the price for
loving Rowan Woods.
“It wasn’t your fault?” Ethan asks me, his fingers slowly caressing mine.
“It was. I let my obsession with him take center stage and because of that I made the biggest
mistake of my life” the tears fall freely now.
If only I could go back in time. If only I could change things. I’ve lived my life in regret. I wish I
had listened to that nagging voice in my head. I wish I had payed attention to it instead of
ignoring it. It would have saved me from so much heartache and pain.
Hell, I wish I had realized earlier that I was pregnant. I could have escaped earlier. I would have
left and never told Rowan that I was pregnant with his child. No one would have been the wiser. I know it sounds downright evil but looking back now it would have saved Noah from seeing Rowan
fight
a place where no one knew me. A place so far away from my family and Rowan. A place no one knew them. I’m sure they wouldn’t
would have just been fine
“Ava?”
a response. I had gotten lost
drunk, so if they were blaming
him with round
believe me?” I
has ever believed that I was drunk. They all thought I was malicious and I took advantage of an
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believe you’re also innocent?” his blue eyes
tiredly. “I got so tired of hearing that I was to blame. That I wasn’t drunk at all, that sometimes I believe that’s exactly what happened. Everyone has pounded it in me, cementing
drunken state that sometimes I doubt the events of my
memory is faulty. I
went through at Rowan’s hand was my punishment. That God was punishing me for wanting and sleeping with a man that didn’t
words when the keep forcing their truth and beliefs down your throat. That’s what happened with me. Soon after I started believing them.
put me through, Rowan especially. That a man you love could destroy you leaves you wondering if there’s truly
that mistake is Noah. I would never regret my son. He was the one that saved. He was anchor during the times when I wanted to end it all. During the
that I thought of it. I knew that Rowan would take good care of him. He fell in love with Noah the moment he was placed
darkness when I realized what leaving Noah would mean. I didn’t want him to think I was weak. Most especially I didn’t want Emma as his step mother. I knew Rowan would get back together with her and
me concerning Noah, I’m glad that I had
to blame, Never. You were both drunk so no one was to blame. You parents should have been ashamed for placing the entire blame on an eighteen year old girl. Rowan should have taken responsibility for his actions instead of allowing all the blame to
the one that sought
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it through his hair. “The more I know about Rowan and your family, the more
don’t say anything. After all, I was beginning to
says then helps me
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