Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

I quickly start packing my things. I had some money saved up from my part time job. It

would have to be enough for a new start. I could continue working until I was maybe eight

just to get

more money, since father had cut me off his will, so I had no trust fund.

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Deciding to only take the essential, I start throwing things into my suitcase.

I was just about done when the door to my bedroom opened and my mother walked in.

Shit, I didn’t think they’d be back so soon.

“What are you doing?” she asks looking at my suitcase. There was no emtion in her voice.

It’s like

she was speaking to a stranger.

“Isn’t it obvious? I’m leaving…no need staying in a place I’m hated” I answer as I turn

around to zip my bag.

She says something but I don’t pay attention. I needed to leave as soon as possible. The

further I got away from these people the better it will be.

“What the hell is this, Ava?” the tone of her voice makes me turn around.

I stand frozen when I see my pregnancy test in her hand. Fuck, how could I be so careless

as to leave it on my vanity table?

“Nothing, it belongs to a friend” I try to play it off.

“You have no friends…god, is this why you’re running away? As if it wasn’t bad enough

you ruined Rowan’s relationship with Emma and now you want to steal his baby?” she

starts pacing the room.!

“How are you even sure it’s his? You all think I’m a slut, so the baby could be anyone’s” I

stomp my foot in frustration as she looks at me with an unreadable expression.

I just wanted to leave. I wanted to get away from all of them. Was that too difficult?

“I won’t let you leave, not until we find out if the baby you’re carrying is indeed Rowan’s”

Before I can do anything, she rushes out the door. A moment later I hear the door close

and I realize that she had locked me in.

I wanted to scream in frustration but that wouldn’t help me. I needed to think of a way to

leave. I look at my window and it was barred. They did that when they realized that I

sneaked out through it that night

I sit down and clear my head. There had to be a way out A few minutes, my phone starts

ringing. see Rowan’s name flashing but I ignore it.

I guess mother had told him, why the hell else would he call the girl he believes took

advantage of him in his drunken state.

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There wasn’t any other way out except through the window. Taking a chair, I hit the glass

and

break it. I push the planks that had been used to bar it until they give way. I push my

suitcase

through the window and it falls over.

Like I said, I was in the furthest room of the house, so the commotion wouldn’t have

alerted

anyone. I slowly climb down, careful of the broken shards of glass. I release a sigh of relief

when I

get down.

Happy that I had managed to escape, I take my suitcase and start dragging it. My eyes on

my

phone as I order a cab. My happiness is short lived when I bump into someone. I lift my

head and I

recoil in horror when my eyes clash with the intense greys of Rowan.

“Were you seriously trying to run away with my baby?” he asks, a dangerous edge in his

tone.

I throw my hands in the air. Releasing my suitcase in the process.

“I already told mother it’s not your baby” I lie, stepping back.

There was just no way I was going to allow my baby to be raised in such a toxic

environment. One

where everyone hates his or her mother.

“You dare lie to me” he snarls. “You were a fucking virgin. You may have foooled your

mother, but

I know that child is mine.”

I’m momentarily taken a back that he would know I was a virgin. We were drunk,

especially him.

“How did you know that?” I ask lowly.

“The sheets we slept in had spots of blood”

1 shrug off his answer. “It doesn’t matter. The baby could still be anyone’s. I might have

slept with

countless men afterwards.”

His eyes narrow. There were raging storms behind them.

I pull my gaze away jusy as my cab arrives.

“I’m really sorry I messed up your relationship with Emma but I need to go. My life isn’t

here anymore. I truly wish that things work out well between you two and that you end up

getting back together.” I go to side step him but he grabs my hand and stops me,

He takes some money from his pocket and hands it over to the driver, apologizing for the

inconvenience.

“Rowan, let me go” I pull my hand but he still doesn’t let go.

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“No, we are going to get married right now. The judge agreed to meet me at your

parent’s” he says,

tagging me towards the house.

“I’m not getting married to you!” I argue. Was he crazy? Why would he want to marry a

woman he

hates?

“Yes we are and that fucking final” the grip he had on my hand tightens.

Fear and panic starts rising inside me. This isn’t what I wanted

“We don’t have to do this. Think about it, you can tell everyone the baby isn’t your, I’ll

leave and never come back. No one will ever know and after sometime, Emma will take

you back. You’ll

destroy your chances with her if she finds out that not only am I having your baby but also

that

we got married” I cry, begging him to see reason. “Please let me go and you will never

have to see

me again. You’ll go on with your life like I didn’t exist”

He pauses in his steps and I think I’ve gotten through to him.

“No!” he states firmly “I may hate you but I won’t allow my child to grow up without his or

her

father

With that, he pulls me into the house, where the judge, Travis and my parents were

waiting.

About thirty minutes later, we were legally married. Immediately after, Rowan storms out

leaving me with my family. I couldn’t even call them that because they looked at me like I

was the

antichrist.

Soon after, I’m left alone. I place a hand on my belly and smile. Maybe this was a blessing

in disguise, I lie to myself.

Right there and then I make a promise to my baby that he or she will be born into a loving

family. I was going to make Rowan fall in love me, that way my baby won’t be raised in a

broken home. I smiled after that promise not knowing that Rowan was going to break me

in more ways than one