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.

tell her everything

got here.

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

hard.

at Kate’s house” I

“I felt so angry on his behalf and

me when I was little and they treated me with

stand up for him and

was

said nothing. Hell, even Rowan’s

one stood up for me or what was right. So

through how your

You were right for exposing what a

part of me that felt like maybe I shouldn’t

could have handled it

I

mother, like

Letty. I

so tired and drained. Both emotionally and

know it has been a tiring

our goodnights and hang up. I consider ignoring the person on

tired. I didn’t want to

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up and ge open

doing here?” I

him if I am being honest, I

shocked that he

he asks instead of

wrong with me because I step aside and let him in. He

he enters my

Noah asleep?” he asks while taking off

he’s not here. Today he’ll be sleeping

his name. For a moment I think he’s going to start a fight

I almost clap for him at his

turned out.” He pauses. “How

in him recently, but today it’s just sort

In fact he

possible that he

push away those thoughts. I’m being absurd. He had nine years to change

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

consider what I just said. “Scratch that. I’m definitely

like I’ve been scraped

walks closer to

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

every place where I

for some reason I

thinking clearly, I would have told

your pain? I know this must

concerns Gunner”

heart skips a bit. I’m shocked that he understands that not

Gunner, but also because of my

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but he cups my cheek

know,

cheek softly. His fingers skimming over my cheek and neck.

mine. He stares at me in a

Like I am his world, which is

bend and take those pretty pink

just stare at

no‘ I whisper to

Ava. Push him

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