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.

in their house, I turn

not even a minute later, there is a

wasn’t another

forgotten that we were supposed to talk.

talk was the least of

his

looked really nervous. Again, this was something I wasn’t used to when it came to

tell him while

was a note arriving while he was

me

“What?” I ask.

would

in or

before he enters my house.

someone is

so paranoid over the past few days that sometimes it terrifies me.

better

I bought it a few weeks ago because it helped relieve my back pain. I even

change my mattress because it made my back pain

to me about?” I stare into his eyes.

Noah?”

takes a deep breath before releasing. “No. It’s

him, confused, wondering if he had truly lost his

seem to be forgetting that

to do this with him. Not when I had so

me, please,” he

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

talk for a while, as if he were struggling to find the right words. The more he takes

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love you, he finally

at him like a fish

out and feel his forehead for a

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

but within seconds, his features soften. He grabs my hand, turns it, and kisses my

been hard to be without you. Seeing you in pain or hurt destroys me every time. It has taken me time to realize that I’m in love with you, but here I am, begging you to give me a chance to show you the love you deserved from me but never got

of the chair and kneels before me. This all seems like a dream. It’s like I am in a completely different

start, trying to make 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

bad for him, but I know that maybe he’s

in love with me when he

me Ava” he says as the pain changes to

Rowan. How can you be in love with me now? You’ve hated me up until a few months ago. You have proven over and over again how little you care for me. You have hurt me more times than I can count, all in the name

it down.

heartache.

much I regret hurting you, but if you