Ex-Husband's Regret

His confession
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I’ve been obsessing for the last few days over the note. I just wanted to nail whoever this person is so

that I could move on peacefully with my life.

I hated that I was now jumpy and scared all the damn time. Noah has even noticed that I haven’t been

myself. Every time he asks, I just tell him that I am okay when I am clearly not.

My life was so simple back when I was married to Rowan as compared to now. The only thing I worried

about was whether or not he would come for dinner or if he would ever love me. I know I used to be in

constant pain, but I’d pick that over dying any day.

I haven’t had a moment of peace since I divorced Rowan. An attempt on my life was made three times.

My car was blown up, my house burned down, and I was kidnapped twice. After I agreed to Reaper being

in my life, I thought that things would settle down, but no… Now someone was after me. Again.

“Mom, can I go over at Gunner’s?” Noah asks, scaring the crap out of me.

I try to calm my heart down. See what I mean when I say I’m jumpy?

He looks at me funny, but I ignore it and force my lips into a semblance of a smile.

“Sure, use the back door, though, okay?”

He nods his head, and I stand up. I wanted to make sure that he crossed over to Calvin’s side safely and

that he got inside his house.

“Today we are going to play games. Last time I won, this time Gunner hopes that he wins,” he tells me as

we walk.

“That’s good”

I haven’t seen Calvin since that day in my kitchen. He has been avoiding me as much as he can. I’m not

sure if it’s because he’s embarrassed or because he was hurt by my rejection. Maybe it is both.

Anyway, I’ve been giving him space because I didn’t want things to be even more awkward than they

already were.

“See you later, mom,” Noah says as he crosses over to Cal’s.

he is in their house, I

inside, and not even a minute later, there is a knock

wasn’t another

door and find Rowan Fuck I’d forgotten that

was the

asks, shoving his hands inside

this was something I wasn’t used to when it came

tell him while scanning

last thing I needed was a note arriving while

me a

“What?” I ask.

thought you would

in or not?” I

enters my house. Without waiting too long, I

someone is watching

the past few days that sometimes it terrifies

issue the better for my mental

recliner. I bought it a few weeks ago because

mattress because it made my back

to talk to me about?” I stare into his eyes. “It sounded pretty important. Is

Noah?”

breath before releasing. “No. It’s

wondering if he had truly lost his mind. What the hell was he

You seem to be forgetting that

this with him. Not

me, please,” he pleads, his voice

stops me. I don’t know what it is, but I don’t want to put

to find the right words. The

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you,

and I gape at him like a fish out of water. He wasn’t seated that far from me,

his

high? Running a fever? Or maybe I just didn’t

at me, but within seconds, his features soften. He grabs my hand,

it back then. I was so overcome with bitterness and anger that I didn’t realize what a true gem I had married. In the last few months, it’s been hard to be without you. Seeing you in pain or

watch completely stunned, as he gets out of the chair and kneels before me. This all seems like a

my brain function. “You don’t love me. You’ve never loved me. Emma is your one and only love. She’s the one that has your heart,

I feel bad for him, but I

in love with me when he hates me

to me Ava” he says as the pain

hurt me more times than I can count, all in the name of punishing me for ruining your relationship with Emma. You held on to her for years, and now all of a sudden, you want me to

it down. I

heartache.

you, but if you could