Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 0505

I pick up the last box and glance around my room. This room has been my sanctuary for the last two years.

It had been my room when I was still a small girl, but over the years I changed it as I grew to become a woman. The décor, the paint and the furniture. I changed everything to fit the woman I became.

This is the room I cried in when I first leamed that Rowan had slept with Ava... Years later, in this same room, I licked my wounds after realizing all the pain and hurt I caused.

It became my source of comfort. The one place I could run and hide. The one place I could break down with no one to witness me unravel. If the walls could talk, they'd say just how much they witnessed. The secrets I hid. The terrifying thoughts of ending it all.

Now though, I was leaving it behind. I know that I'll still be sleeping here on the occasions I spend the night at home, but for some reason it felt like I was saying goodbye to it. There was a kind of finality. As if finally, I was letting go of the memories from the last two years. It felt like I was ending a chapter.

"Are you ready?" Travis's voice breaks through my thoughts.

My eyes shift briefly to him before going back to my room. Maybe when I am more emotionally stable, I'll find time and come to change the décor again. This way I can get rid of the memories that were etched on the walls. You know, give the room a brand-new start because we both need it.

"Yes," I finally whisper.

Like I said, it feels weird. This is my home. This will always be my room no matter what... but it feels like I am saying goodbye to it.

I turn my back on it. Travis takes the box from me and walks out. I don't look behind me again, instead I follow him. We walk in silence until we get downstairs.

"My baby," Mom cries, tears playing on the edge of her eyes. It's as if they stubbornly refused to fall down. "Mom," I walk to her and pull her into a hug. "Why are you so emotional?"

are leaving home for college all over again. I remember when we first had to

at the thought of my father. It's been two years since he died. I still think of him. I still love

miss him," I whisper,

grabs my hand and squeezes it. "We all do,

my head and

you ready for this?" Travis comes to stand next to me,

I twiddle my thumb. "Not by a long shot, but I have

"You are right."

and uncle wholeheartedly. I don't mind it though. A bit jealous, but I don't mind it. I understand. They didn't hurt

mom beams with

with Travis and I following behind her. This is a

in the passenger seat and mom in the back. Soon we are cruising in the streets heading to what

too." There is longing in his voice. I know how he feels. Our situations are different but similar at the same time. We've both done hurtful

me that it kills him to know that Ava forgave Rowan and the entire Wood family, but she

regret. "She came to visit us a couple of weeks ago. She even talked with mom. That's progress. Give her time. She'll

If she hasn't forgiven me yet, I doubt she'll ever will."

ease his pain. I want to help him, but I know