Another note
Ava

I haven’t been able to get the freaking note out of my head. It’s all I think about.

I wanted to believe that it was nothing but a prank, but I’m not so sure. Not when I get a bad

feeling every time I read it.

I’ve thought about reporting, but I don’t want to make a big deal out of it. It was just one note. What

if Cal was right and it turned out that it was just a stupid prank?

My phone rings, making me jump. I put the mop down and pick it up. When I see Rowan’s name

flashing, I almost hang up, but I don’t.

“Hello.” I force my voice to sound emotionless.

“Hey, how are you?” he asks, sounding a bit unsure.

I swear, I’ll never get used to this version of Rowan. It was just so unlike him. It’s like he woke up

one day and was a different person. If he has truly changed, then it’s going to take some time to

get used to him.

“Did you need anything?”

“Yeah. I just want to let you know that I’ll be going on a business trip for a few days,” he informs

me, which makes me a bit confused.

“Oh, okay, so you wanted me to let Noah know?”

Noah was at school. He will be disappointed since he doesn’t like Rowan going on trips, but he’ll

understand nonetheless.

He pauses before answering. “He already knows, but I wanted you to know too.”

I’m a bit stunned. Rowan never used to tell me when he went on business trips. He would leave in

the morning and not come back. It’s as I set aside food for him that Noah would let me know that

Rowan wasn’t coming back. He used to tell our son, but not me.

It was disrespectful. He never cared about that, though. He knew that it hurt me every time he did

why he continued

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any of my business, Rowan I’m not

tone away, but

nice, and it just reminds

hard to forget or move past the memories that

was a simple courtesy to let you know,” he says, slowly as if he were dealing with an unpredictable,

better judgment, I snorted. “Courtesy? You sure lacked it when we were married, so

the need of it

after that for a while before I speak up

matter because I don’t want

pauses. “Look, my jet is ready, but

have to tell you; it’s

curious. “Can’t you tell me

that I need to

me is that I hate waiting. When you

me what you want to say,

duration overthinking and coming up with scenarios that may

you just tell me?

know, but this will have to wait.” He pauses, and I hear other voices on his end. “I

care; we’ll talk when I get

I can say anything more, the line goes dead. I groan

he want to talk

me out of

in a weird state until Rowan tells me what he wanted

talk about.

the kitchen,”

walks into the kitchen. I don’t know if

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name like it’s the end of the

hasn’t said a word.

huge. I stare at him. He has a sweat shirt and sweat pants. At first I’m confused why he

day off.

“Cal?” I call

sorry. I don’t know if this is too soon, but

Rowan wanted to talk about something, and now Cal wants to ask me something. With

knew that I probably wouldn’t

“Okay, go ahead.”

a while before he takes a

want to ask you out on

I stammer, staring at

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