Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M Novel Chapter 96
Rowan. My feet hit the pavement as I run. I usually run in the morning, but today I decided otherwise It was around seven in the evening, and I needed this run. I speed up, feeling my muscles burn. I wanted to outrun my guilt. Wanted to outrun my heartache. I wanted to outrun my fucking foolishness. The guilt of how much I had hurt Ava was eating me alive. Destroying me from the inside out. I haven’t been able to face her since I discovered my feelings for her. I look at myself in the mirror, and all I see is a despicable human being. I am disgusted by my actions. Disgusted by all that I did to her. I thought I was a good man. The kind that loves fiercely. I was always proud of myself for holding on to my love for Emma. I thought it meant that my feelings for her were true. What I didn’t realize was that while doing that, I was hurting the woman I actually loved. “Fuck!” I curse myself and the world. How the hell did I get here? I push myself harder as I run past the gas station a few miles from my house. I don’t have time to slow down because once I do, my demons will be back to haunt me. To taunt me with all my mistakes. Every time I close my eyes, I see her face from many months ago, before she asked for a divorce. I don’t even remember what I said to 1 it it hurt her pretty badly. I remember her eyes shutting down in pain as she told me she hated me. I scoffed. Not knowing that I would one day crave the love she used to have for me. I messed up big time. Now everything is fucked up and I don’t know how to fix it. My phone rings, and I am pulled from my drowning thoughts. “Hello,” I answer without checking the caller’s ID. My breaths coming in hard and fast. “Dad, it’s me!” Noah shouts in excitement. We’ve talked on the phone, but I haven’t been by to see him. Not when seeing him means seeing 1/4 $15 BONUS “Hey, buddy. How are you?” “I’m good rm super excited,” he all but shouts. My curiosity gets the best of me, even though part of me thinks that I will regret asking “Why? What’s got you in such a good mood?” I chuckle. Talking to him brought a sense of peace. Right now, he was my lifeline because I felt like I was drowning. Like I was dying from the inside. “Well, you remember my best friend Gunner?” he asks “Yeah” “Well, a bunch of things happened, and I wanted to cheer him up, so I talked to mom and she agreed. We’re going to an amusement park tomorrow. Mom, me, Gunner and his dad,” he shouts the last part. I feel jealousy take control. The thought of having another man near her was driving me insane. I know I said she deserves better, but I honestly don’t think I can let her go. “Is that right?” I ask, my voice taking a hard tone. “Yeah” Noah replies. “Are you okay, dad? You don’t sound fine,” he says after realizing that I wasn’t as excited for him as I should be.. T I spin around and begin my walk back home. My insides burned from envy. What if she chose this man? What if they were in a relationship? What if she fell in love with him? The more I thought of all the possibilities, the more I got pissed at myself for being such an idiot. “Where is it?” I ask him crisply. “Oh, in the next town,” he replies. “Are you okay, dad?” “Yes. Absolutely,” I lie. “Okay then,” his voice is incredulous. “I’ll talk to you later. Just wanted to let you know that I won’t […]
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