Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

unbearable. I should have tried harder; maybe then I wouldn’t have this much regret

weighing

down on me.

“You’re taking too much on your shoulders, Rowan. Sure, you hurt her, but you forget that

we all

played our roles in breaking her. Both families have a hand in destroying her heart. You’re

not the

only one to blame for her broken pieces.” Mom puts a hand around my forearm, trying to

comfort

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“Your mother is right.” I turn to find my father standing next to the sliding doors.

“We all played our part in hurting, Ava. We forgot that she came into our lives as a tiny

baby girl.

We forgot how much joy she brought us. We forgot how she used to make us all laugh. We

forgot

that she was a girl who needed our love. That is on us. We were the parents, and you

children

followed our lead. We shunned her, and so you followed suit. If anyone is to blame, then

it’s us. We

failed as adults and that is on us,” he finishes, clasping my shoulder in a tight grip. 1

I know what they said was meant to make me feel better, but it doesn’t. The rest mainly

ignored

Ava and treated her like she was invisible. I did worse. So much fucking worse, and that

shit is all

on me.

I give them a small smile. I didn’t want to dwell on this for long.

Mom must have believed me because she takes my hand in hers.

“Come on, let’s go before the others start wondering what’s taking us so long,” she says,

pulling me

along while dad follows behind.

I internally groan when I spot Emma. I knew she would be here, but knowing and seeing

are two

different things.

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“Hey Ro. I’m glad you came.” Kate kisses both of my cheeks

“Yeah” it’s the only response I can master, given that I’m not really glad to be here

She gets distracted by my parents, and I see that as my chance to slip away.

I head straight to my brother.

“How are things going?” he asks after the initial greeting.

“Terrible” I mumble, remembering the fight between me and Calvin the weekend before.

It wasn’t one of my greatest moments, but he just reminded me of the time he used to

chase after

Emma. That scared me because I was afraid that he was doing the same to Ava.

Regardless of

everything, Calvin is a good guy. That, more than anything, scared the crap out of me

because it

means that he actually has a chance if he were to shoot his shot.

“Any progress so far?” he asks.

“None. The only progress is that I managed to piss her off even more.”

Gabe sighs. “What did you do?”

“I got into a fight with Calvin. Turns out he is Gunner’s father”

I don’t need to explain who Gunner is. Noah talks about him all the damn time. He tells

everyone

that he is his new best friend.

“I’m confused. Who is Calvin?” Gabe asks, looking confused as hell.

“Nerdy Cal. You remember him?”

It takes a while, but

it the moment it downs on him.

“You’re shitting me!” he yells. “That Nerdy Cal? The one that used to follow Emma around

all the

time.”

“Yes, the same one”

I still can’t believe it. It’s such a damn coincidence that I don’t know what to think.

“What’s going on?” Travis asks as he walks towards us.

I look behind him, thankful that Emma hadn’t followed him. In fact, thinking about it now, I

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far away from Ava, then I didn’t mind at all.

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“Just that nerdy Cal is Gunner’s dad, and Ro got into a fight with him,” Gabe answers.

“Seriously?” he asks before turning to me. “Why? Was it because of Emma?

Before I can answer him, we hear the front door open and then bang shut. Moments later

we hear

Ava’s clear and angry voice shouting Emma’s name.

“Emma?” she shouts again as she walks out of the house.

“What’s going on?” I turn to Travis.

“I have no idea”

We step closer. Our eyes on Ava as she stomps towards Emma, who was standing next to

our

parents. Before anyone can do anything or stop her, she slaps Emma so hard that she falls

to the

ground.

“What the hell, Ava?” Travis shouts as she rushes to help his sister.

Emma, just like everyone else, was shocked. Ava, on the other hand, looked wired. She

looked

downright pissed. As if she was ready to rip someone’s head off.

“Shut the fuck up, Travis” she says at him through clenched teeth.

“What’s going on, Ava? Why would you attack your sister like that?” Kate asks as tears fills

her

eyes.

She was torn. She didn’t know which girl to choose, so she was waiting to see if Ava had a

good

reason before picking sides.

This just shows how i

side.

she’s changed. The previous Kate would immediately take Emma’s

“That’s what I would like to know.” Ava snarls and then glares at Emma. “I would like to

know why

you would do that, Emma. Why would you abandon your child? Your own son”

We all stand stock still. Maybe we weren’t hearing it right. Maybe Ava got it wrong. There

is no

way Emma had a child. She would have told her family.

“That’s bullshit. Emma doesn’t have a child, and she would never abandon her kid,” Travis

defends.

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Ava laughs as if she had lost her goddamn mind.

“That’s what I thought at first, but I am not wrong” she asks

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Said wome was now in Travis‘ arms Clutching his arm like her life depended on it. She had

tears streaking down her cheeks and fear in her eyes. She was even fucking trembling.

Even with all

that, she didn’t answer.

Ava continues while looking at Emma like she in the scum of the earth.

“You’re Gunner’s mother, isn’t that right Emma or are you going to continue pretending

that you’re

not?”

Ava delivers the final blow. One that none of us saw coming. A blow that none of us were

prepared.

for.

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