Ex-Husband's Regret

Kidnapped again
Today I wasn’t in the best of moods. Mainly because Noah was still mad at me for kicking Rowan out I thought I had covered things up well. It turns out that he could see past my bullshit.

At times like this, I wish that we hadn’t pretended in front of Noah. I know that we thought we were protecting him. That we were giving him a happy childhood. All we did was deceive him.

Now he has it in his head that we were once in love and that we can be again.

I don’t know how to tell him the truth without breaking his little heart. I don’t know how to tell

him that everything he believes about me and Rowan is a lie.

My biggest fear is that he’ll hate us for lying to him if the truth comes out. Then again we can’t continue like this. We can’t continue with him believing that there is a chance for me and Rowan.

I sigh and get out of bed. I had gone back to sleep after Noah left for school. As the days progress,

the bigger I get and the more tired I feel.

Dragging my feet, I head to the bathroom and take a shower. It still doesn’t take away the fatigue

from my bones. Deciding on a dress, I put on a white spaghetti strap dress with blue flowers on it.

It reached just above my knees and showed my belly. Since my parents now knew the truth about

my pregnancy, it was time to stop hiding it.

Not in the mood to do my makeup, I opt for just concealer to cover up my dark under eyes.

I leave my room and get downstairs just as my doorbell rings.

I was really not in the mood to see or talk to anyone. Not when I was feeling like shit.

I open my front door and wish that I hadn’t. Travis was standing on my door step looking

disheveled. (1

I go to close the door, but he stops it before I can slam it on his face.

“Please Ava” he begs tiredly.

“What do you want?” I ask, my voice cold even to my own ears.

It was really funny how much my voice automatically changes nowadays. I don’t even put any

effort in it. It just grows cold and unattached. As if I was speaking to a total stranger.

“Can I come in?” he asks.

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“Fuck No! Speak what you came here to say and leave”

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t curious about why he was here. The last time I saw Travis was

mother revealed the truth about how I came

him hesitate and my curiosity gets stronger. Travis has always

nervous in front of

all day” I snap after a

to question why I even gave him a chance to speak. I should have called

on his sorry ass.

Nora and Theo” he finally speaks, but it was so

straining to hear him.

“About what?”

after us. Making almost all investors who are

company” he says brokenly. “The company is sinking, Ava.

and funds” (2

sigh. If I were being honest, I thought mom and dad’s threat was just

would actually go after the Sharps

anything that Travis loves more than anything, it’s

basically begging me to help him means he

It means he has tried everything and talking to me is

know I don’t really care if that company

my ches

Like he has been burning

to me. Then again, I told

Travis in my presence.

Ava. I beg you. We’re

that word has my hackles

are we family, Travis? If I remember correctly you cut

sister years

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“Ava.*

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him off. I don’t want to hear

you took Emma’s side, every time you treated

Rowan tore my heart to pieces because I hurt you precious

about the times you said I deserved the pain I was going through?

mother ignored me like I didn’t matter? What about all the time you all

still your

say anything. But what is there to say

To him and the rest I was nothing but an unwanted nuisance.

anything to get rid

your family back then, what makes you think

Whatever you are trying to do by playing the family card

pierce his. I used to note the

seeing them you could guess that they’re

been the first clue

never cared about me. The

can use me, but I won’t let you. Go home, Travis and don’t ever darken my doorstep

hard. I lean against it breathing hard. Its