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.

she insists and I proceed to tell her everything

got here.

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

hard.

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

months ago. “I felt so angry on his behalf and mine. I

did for me when I was little and they treated

and call Emma

prayed for when I was growing

treated me, yet they said nothing. Hell, even Rowan’s parents kept quiet and followed

stood up for me or what was right. So I decided

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

for exposing

that felt like maybe I shouldn’t have done it.

could have handled it

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

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

my door, Letty. I

tired and drained. Both emotionally

We’ll talk tomorrow. I know it

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

I didn’t

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up and ge open the

you doing here?” I ask in

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

I’m shocked that he in here

I come in?” he

because I step aside and

enters my

Noah asleep?” he asks while taking off his

Today he’ll

his name. For a moment

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

today turned out.”

some massive changes in him recently, but

he wouldn’t have cared. In fact he would have lashed out at me

honestly be possible that he has

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

him to have a change of heart all of a

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

I feel like

closer

body heat. I feel him entirely. He

where

pushing him away, but for some reason I am not.

from exhaustion. If I had been thinking clearly, I would

know this must be hard for you and not just because

concerns Gunner”

understands that not all of what I

Gunner, but also because of

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

know,

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

me in a way that I used to dream about. He stares

like he wants. Like I am his world, which is

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

just stare at

no‘ I whisper

Ava.

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