Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 0445

Ava.I sat at my dressing table staring blankly at the mirror while I brushed my hair. It was around nine in the evening and my head was a mess.

When I went for my therapy session today, I never expected to bump into Emma. Hell, I never expected to offer to wait for her, then invite her for ice cream, and then go ahead, and spend hours just talking with her.

She told me it was her first therapy session and I just felt the need to be there for her. I know how hard my session was for me. The fear and anxiety. The panic and pressure. I went alone, and I almost gave myself a heart attack with how anxious and nervous I got.

When I got out of that session, I felt ripped open. Like my wounds had been

scrubbed raw. I had done nothing to heal them. Instead, I just covered them and buried my head in the sand. Band-aids can’t fix bullet holes, and that’s exactly what I tried to do.

I was mess. I felt exposed. I felt drained. I felt like a gaping hole was where my chest should be, and my bleeding heart could be seen. I Letty was on a business trip that time and there wasn’t anyone I could call to comfort me. So, when I got out and saw that ice cream shop, that’s where I went to collect myself.

I didn’t want to leave her, knowing how brutal the first session could be. That’s why I offered to stay and wait for her. I

office, wide eyed with dried mascara

and back. Just like I'd predicted,

one

of us liked sharing. We liked burying that pain and pretending we were

reaction after I realized that Mia had easily

in magic, then I would think she

the pain she was hiding, I couldn’t help but apologize. I still feel like everything that happened

if I hadn’t been so obsessed with Rowan, things would have turned

Rowan. I fucking do. I just can’t help but wonder if

had. Calvin, Emma and Gunner are still suffering. They're still in pain. If Id let go earlier, maybe they

I up where they are. That tiny voice 4