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

the truth about how I

stronger. Travis has always been arrogant

nervous in front of me was

day” I snap after a few minutes of

gave him a chance to

on his sorry ass.

could talk to Nora and Theo”

straining to hear him.

“About what?”

after us. Making almost all

brokenly. “The company is sinking, Ava. We are losing investors,

and funds” (2

were being honest, I thought mom and dad’s threat was just that, a

would actually go after the

that Travis loves more than anything, it’s that company. It was and is his

to help him means he

talking to me is the last

care if that company sinks or not” I state, folding my hands

my ches

looked tired and worn out. Like he has

hasn’t mentioned anything about this to me. Then again, I told

Travis in my presence.

beg you. We’re

word has my hackles up.

scoff. “How are we family, Travis? If I remember correctly you cut me

and renounced me as your sister years ago. Then you went

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“Ava.*

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off. I don’t want to

Emma’s side, every time you treated me like trash. Every

because I hurt you precious sister,

family? What about the times you said I deserved the pain I was going

mother ignored me like I didn’t matter? What about

I still your

say anything. But what is there to say anyway? He knows the truth. He

family back then. To him and the rest I was nothing but an unwanted nuisance. One

anything to

me your family back then, what makes you think

are trying to do by

I used to note the difference between us. Travis and Emma didn’t look

just seeing them you could guess that they’re related. I on the

them. That should have been the first clue

The only reason you’re

won’t let you. Go home,

that, I push him away and slam the door hard. I lean against