Ex-Husband's Regret

A surprise
It’s been a month since the whole thing with Ethan happened. Am I okay? Definitely not. Does it

still hurt? Fuck yes. Have I moved on? Absolutely not.

Things haven’t been easy. Every day I find myself drowning further and further in a sea of pain and heartache. I thought I was doing okay when I decided to move on with Ethan. I realize now

that I was probably just lying to myself.

Ethan’s betrayal has drenched up all the other pains I tried burying. All the hurts I tried

forgetting. It was like I was now back to square one. Only thing is that I had a few more new scars

marring my heart and soul.

I go through the days in a fog. Just living numbly. Time and things pass me by because I wasn’t

really living. I am just surviving. Taking each day one at a time.

Everyone seems to have moved on, but I feel like I am just stuck. Stuck in a never ending cycle of

pain and heartbreak. My world right now is dark and cold and I feel all alone.

“Miss Sharp, are you okay?” Mark, one of my students asks me.

Fuck, I hate that name. It serves as a reminded that the people who gave it to me broke me. I

wanted to change it, but I didn’t know which name to take. I didn’t want to take the Howell’s name

given I don’t know that much about them. There is also the fact that I haven’t spoken to them

since that day at my house.

“Yes, I am…focus on the classwork” I reply to him before looking down at the books on my desk.

I loved teaching, but nowadays it has become like a chore. Every day I come to work, I can’t help

but wish the hours would fly by quickly so that I can go home. I wanted solitude but I wasn’t

getting enough of that with Letty and Rowan checking up on me every damn time.

My students have noticed something is wrong. Classes aren’t as fun as they used to be. I wasn’t as

cheery as I was before. I was like a robot. Lifeless. Because of this some of my students have

started skipping class. I just don’t know how to bring back the old Ava.

‘Instead of trying to bring the old you, why don’t you try to create a new version?‘ an internal voice

asks.

Was that even possible? Creating a new version. A version of me that is different from the child,

teen then woman who has been broken too many times to count.

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answer that question or think too deeply

my class without saying

just want to breathe a little before I have to go to my next class Luckily, no one stops me

to anyone

was expecting it to be at least somewhat

packed. I release a groan as I walk to the furthest

as I sit down. Nora’s name flashes. I’ve ignored

Ethan I go to hang up,

accept button instead

she calls

don’t say anything. Just release the breath I was

please don’t shut me out. Don’t shut me

catching at

don’t say anything. I couldn’t even if I wanted to. My mouth refuses to move.

fucking word.

my daughter, Ava and I want to be in your life. I want to be the mother I was supposed

you’re hurting and I want to be there for you. I already lost one child, please don’t makeme lose another. Losing you again just after finding you would kill me” she

breaks my heart.

fill my eyes. Damn it. I’ve been

her slowly. Trying

that’s what you need, but always remember that

always carried you in my heart even when I thought you had died. I hope you

that I’ll always be here for you if you need me”

but I don’t know if I can trust

I reply before

saying, but I just don’t know. What if she’s just looking for someone

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I’m afraid of. Of being used. Of being a second choice

Rowan.

wasn’t being cold or anything like that towards them. I was just trying to protect the

pieces of my heart.

says walking towards my

groan under my

had a way

to stick her nose in other

looks at me in shock. “With the way you’ve been eating and how moody

preggo” she

but I freeze in my seat. Her

every fiber of my

frowns. “Are you okay, Ava? You

right?”

stand up as panic starts coursing through my body. Rushing out of the lounge, I blindly ran through the hallway till I am out of the school. I immediately

of the parking lot.

couldn’t be happening. Please

the math, but my mind is so

I will probably be pulled for over speeding. I needed to

Carol was wrong.

the store, I park my car and rush out. Unluckily