Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 104

Something wrong with me

Ava

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My brain cells were totally fried.

I’ve been sitting here since Calvin left about an hour ago. I asked him if Noah could stay the night

at his house today and he agreed.

I was still trying to grasp all that I learnt today. It was too much information all at once. I didn’t

know how to handle all of it.

My phone rings. For a second I think of ignoring, but decide against it. It might be an emergency.

I swipe the screen sightlessly. I put the gadget to my ear, but don’t say a thing. My mind was

completely blank so I wait for whoever was on the other side to speak.

“Ava” she breathes. “Thank God. Are you okay? Travis told me what happened today”

Immediately I recognize her voice. Letty.

“I’m not sure, honestly” I reply in a whisper.

I still didn’t understand how Emma could be so cruel to Calvin and Gunner. I know that she always

wanted to carry Rowan’s children, but to reject her own flesh and blood because he doesn’t have

Rowan’s DNA is downright malicious.

“Travis told me you’re the one that discovered the truth and exposed Emma’s lie”

Knowing how a parent’s rejection feels like, I completely understood Gunner’s pain. I took his pain

as my own because he r ded me so much of myself.

He didn’t choose Emma to be his mother, yet she hurt him as if he was nothing. That pissed me of

and broke my heart at the same time.

“Yes. It was just by coincidence I guess”

“How? How were you able to figure it out” she asks, her voice in disbelief.

I don’t know whether it’s from finding out that Emma has a son or it’s from her inability to

understand how I came by the truth.

“His smile” I breathe. “He’s smiled at me many times before, but there was this day it just hit me

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was young snapped in my head His smile was similar to hers

“Cal never said anything before?”

“Never but when I mentioned Emma’s name, he completely froze. That gave everything away.

Also the fact that he didn’t correct me”

It still seems so surreal. I can’t imagine my life without Noah so I don’t understand how Emma

was able to live like her son didn’t exist.

proceed to tell her everything from how it started to how

got here.

done, I’m crying once again. I didn’t want to project my pain, but it was

hard.

was at Kate’s house”

so angry on his behalf and mine. I

for me when I was little and they treated

to stand up for him and call Emma out on her

was growing up. Other parents noticed how Kate

they said nothing. Hell, even Rowan’s parents kept quiet and

for me or what was right. So I

suffer through how your Kate and James treated you

right for

so relieved. There was this part of me that felt like maybe I shouldn’t have done

could have handled it

I was so angry that I couldn’t even think straight. I couldn’t

about as I drove is; Like mother, like daughter 2I was about to say something

at my door, Letty.

tired and drained. Both

I know it has been a tiring day for

both say our goodnights and hang up. I consider

tired. I didn’t

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up and ge open

you doing here?” I

mitpitted to see him if I am being honest, I

shocked that he

I come in?” he

I step aside

he enters my

he asks while taking

Today he’ll

see anger flash in his eyes at his name. For a moment I think he’s

he literally forces himself to calm down. I almost clap for him

today turned out.” He pauses.

seen some massive changes in him recently, but today it’s just sort

cared. In fact he would have lashed out at me for hurting

possible that he

to push away those thoughts. I’m being

have a change of heart

then take a while to consider what I just said. “Scratch

I feel like I’ve been

walks closer to

in his arms. I feel his body heat. I feel him entirely.

place where I

reason I am not.

If I had been thinking clearly, I would have

can I do to ease your pain? I know this

concerns Gunner”

bit. I’m shocked that he understands that not all of what I am feeling right now

also

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look at his feet, but he cups my cheek and makes me look at

don’t know, Rowan”

cheek and neck. He then pushes

He stares at me in a way that I used to

wants. Like I am his world, which

“If I bend and take those pretty pink

stare at

him no‘ I whisper

no, Ava. Push him

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