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.

I proceed to tell her everything from how

got here.

I didn’t want to project my pain, but it

hard.

was at Kate’s house” I tell her. I had

so angry on his behalf and mine. I wanted to do

did for me when I was

stand up for him and call

when I was

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

or what was right. So I decided to do

understand you babe. No child should suffer through how your Kate and James treated you

right for exposing

was this part of me that felt

could have handled it

so angry that I

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

door, Letty.

tired and

We’ll talk tomorrow. I know it has

both say our goodnights and hang up. I consider ignoring the person on the door. Like I

didn’t want to

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use up and

what are you doing here?” I ask

see him if I am being honest, I was expecting him to be by Emma’s

shocked that he

I come in?” he

must be wrong with me because I step aside and let

enters

Noah asleep?” he asks

here. Today

at his name. For a moment

I almost

turned out.” He pauses. “How are you holding

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

cared. In fact he would have lashed

it honestly be possible

thoughts. I’m being absurd. He

never did. It’s not possible for him to have

take a while to consider what I just said. “Scratch that. I’m

I feel like

closer to

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

every place where I am

be pushing him away, but for some reason I

had been thinking clearly, I

this must be hard

concerns Gunner”

I’m shocked that he understands that not all of what I am feeling

also

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

don’t know,

my cheek softly. His fingers skimming over my cheek and

in a way that I used to

he wants. Like I am his world, which is

of one way to distract you” he starts. “If I bend and take those pretty

stare

him no‘ I

no, Ava. Push him

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