Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

see him this nervous in front of me was intriguing.

“Get it out already! I don’t have all day” I snap after a few minutes of him being quiet.

I was starting to question why I even gave him a chance to speak. I should have called the

police

on his sorry ass.

“I was wondering if you could talk to Nora and Theo” he finally speaks, but it was so low I

had to

straining to hear him.

“About what?”

“Sharp Corp. They’ve gone after us. Making almost all investors who are in their contact to

drop

our company” he says brokenly. “The company is sinking, Ava. We are losing investors,

customers

and funds” (2

I sigh. If I were being honest, I thought mom and dad’s threat was just that, a threat. I

didn’t really

think that they would actually go after the Sharps for what they did to me.

If there is anything that Travis loves more than anything, it’s that company. It was and is

his pride.

and joy. To have him here, basically begging me to help him means he has reached the

end of the

road. It means he has tried everything and talking to me is the last and only resort.

“You have to know I don’t really care if that company sinks or not” I state, folding my

hands across

my ches

He looked tired and worn out. Like he has been burning both ends of the candle.

Letty hasn’t mentioned anything about this to me. Then again, I told her never to speak

about

Travis in my presence.

“Please, Ava. I beg you. We’re family”

Hearing that word has my hackles up. Bringing the familiar angry burn.

“Family?” I scoff. “How are we family, Travis? If I remember correctly you cut me off. You

said I

was dead to you and renounced me as your sister years ago. Then you went and proved

just how

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I cut him off. I don’t want to hear a thing from his damn mouth.

“Every time you took Emma’s side, every time you treated me like trash. Every fucking

time you.

laughed when Rowan tore my heart to pieces because I hurt you precious sister, did you

consider

me you family? What about the times you said I deserved the pain I was going through? Or

when

father and mother ignored me like I didn’t matter? What about all the time you all

shunned me?

Was I still your family?

He doesn’t say anything. But what is there to say anyway? He knows the truth. He didn’t

consider

me family back then. To him and the rest I was nothing but an unwanted nuisance. One

they

would do anything to get rid of.

“So tell me, if you didn’t consider me your family back then, what makes you think I’ll

consider

you my family now? Whatever you are trying to do by playing the family card with me

won’t work”

My eyes pierce his. I used to note the difference between us. Travis and Emma didn’t look

alike,

but by just seeing them you could guess that they’re related. I on the other hand looked

nothing

like any of them. That should have been the first clue that I wasn’t one of them.

“Let’s be honest, you’ve never cared about me. The only reason you’re here is because

you think

you can use me, but I won’t let you. Go home, Travis and don’t ever darken my doorstep

again.”

With that, I push him away and slam the door hard. I lean against it breathing hard. Its

quiet for a

few minutes before I hear his car start up and speed off.

Feeling the need to escape the house, I take my car keys. I was just leaving when I notice

the

clothes Rowan bought. I take them. Planning to pass by a shelter to give them away.

Within minutes, I’m on the road. My mind was all over the place. First with Rowan and now

Travis.

The audacity they had to think that they could just walk into my life and demand things.

The

thought that everything can be easily forgotten was completely delusional.

If Rowan wasn’t Noah’s dad, I would have demanded he stay out of my life completely.

Everything

that I do. I do with Noah’s interest at heart. I’ve been tempted so many times to take Noah

far

away, but the love he has for his father stops me every time. 3

I’ve wanted to move far away from here, but I know that the move will hurt Noah. Rowan

thinks

Noah loves me more. He just doesn’t realize that he loves him just as much.

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Sporting an ice cream shop, I decide to stop. The front was packed so I park at the back

instead.

A little comfort is what I need right now. I’ll eat some ice cream while I try to clear my

head.

I get into the dainty and cozy shop and order myself a big bowl of ice cream. I usually can

eat any

flavor of ice cream, just as long as it’s ice cream, but on the days I’m feeling down and

need

comfort, I go for plain vanilla.

My mind wonders to Travis. I’m not sure about how my parents are going about

everything. I’m not

the revenge type of person. I usually just let karma do her thing because the way she

fucks people

up is on another level.

I’m on the fence about the revenge thing. Part of me wants to see them crash and burn.

The other

part just wants to let everything go and just forget they exist. Does it make me evil that

the bigger

part wants to see them in pain? That it wants to see them suffer?

I finish my ice cream and leave still as conflicted as I was when I entered the place. Maybe

talking

to someone will give me some clarity.

Deciding to go see my therapist I head towards my car. I don’t get near it though because

someone

grabs me and covers my mouth and nose before I can scream. Within seconds, everything

disappears and I fall into darkness.

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