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.

and I proceed to tell her everything from how it started to how

got here.

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

hard.

going until I was at Kate’s house” I tell her.

felt so angry on his behalf

did for me when I was little and

for him and call Emma out on her

I’d prayed for when I was growing up. Other parents noticed

nothing. Hell, even

stood up for me or what was right. So I

you babe. No child should suffer through how

right for exposing what a bitch she is”

was this part of me that felt like maybe I shouldn’t have done

could have handled it

but I was so angry that I couldn’t even

mother, like daughter 2I was

door, Letty. I have

tired and drained. Both emotionally and

talk tomorrow. I know it has

hang up. I consider ignoring the person

I didn’t want to

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and

you doing here?” I ask

to see him if I am being honest, I was expecting

shocked that

in?” he asks

because I step aside

he enters my

asks

he’s not here. Today he’ll

name. For a moment I

himself to calm down. I almost clap for him at his show

how today turned out.” He pauses. “How are

in him recently, but today it’s just sort

In fact he would have lashed out

possible

push away those thoughts. I’m being absurd.

never did. It’s not possible for him to have a change of heart all of a

good” I say, then take a while to consider what I just said. “Scratch that. I’m

feel like I’ve been

closer to

his body heat. I feel him entirely. He

every place where

away, but for some reason I am not. My

had been thinking clearly, I would have told him to

know this must be hard for you and not just

concerns Gunner”

understands that not all of what I am

also because of

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his feet, but he cups my

know, Rowan”

cheek and neck. He then pushes

He stares at me in a

I am his

those pretty pink lips, will you let me?”

just stare at

I whisper to

no, Ava.

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