Chapter 0241
“The doctors aren’t sure, Bud. We’ll just have to wait and pray.” I decide to go with honesty.
If lied and, God forbid, Ava never wakes up, he would end up hating me for lying that his mom was okay.
He doesn’t say anything. Just looks at me before looking at the floor.
After a few minutes of silence, I turn and face the rest.
“Since we won’t be able to see her today, I think you should all go home, get some rest, and come back
tomorrow.”
“No,” both Corrine and Letty refuse at the same time, followed by Nora and Theo.
I try to convince them that I’ll let them know if something comes up, but they refuse to budge. In the end, everyone decides to stay except for Emma, Cal, Kate, and my parents.
My parents agree to go home only after I tell them that Noah can’t stay in the hospital and that he needs someone with him. Cal agrees for the sake of Gunner. The boy was already yawning even though you
could see the worry in his face.
Gabe sits by my side after they leave. There is little talking. Mostly we just sit in silence, that is until Brian
arrives.
“I’m sorry I got here late. We had to interview the witnesses about Ava’s shooting. I’m really sorry for what happened to her.”
I nod my head.
“Have you found anything?”
“The witnesses couldn’t give us anything beyond what we already know and have seen on the video”
Shit. I was hoping they would have something. A starting point.
“Is she in any state to be questioned?”
My face shuts down, and my voice hardens. I know it’s not his fault since he doesn’t know the details, but
it just pisses me off.
“She’s in a coma,” I grit out.
“I’m sorry,” he says remorsefully, but it doesn’t do anything to elevate what I feel inside.
Is there any information you can give me? Has anyone been threatening her? Following her? Any
E
I shake my head. “None. I have nothing.”
He just nods before turning to the rest.
“I don’t know if I’m imagining it, but when she called me, she sounded stressed and desperate. It may not be anything, but she just didn’t sound like herself. I thought that maybe she was struggling with her past traumas given that the news about Gunner triggered her.”
“Who is Gunner?”
“Emma’s son. She kept him hidden until Ava found out the truth and revealed it to us,” Travis answers,
still clearly angry at his sister’s betrayal.
Emma looks at the floor, hiding her emotions.
“Why would she keep him hidden?”
“She didn’t want him in her life, and she didn’t want us to know about him. Calvin, who is the dad, and Gunner moved next door to Ava. That’s how she was able to connect the pieces.”
Brian was now fully facing Travis. “And how did that go down?”
“Not w
well. We are all pissed at her and since she still insists on this stupidity, mom gave her an ultimatum:
mend the fences or we cut her off from our lives.”
“I’m sure Emma didn’t take that well.” Brian questions further.
“Not at all. She was and still is pissed, especially at Ava for revealing the truth.”
Brain rubs his chin as his mind works. You can clearly see the wheels turning in his head. I’ve known Brian
for a long time. Something was going on inside his head,
“I a while.
*he finally says afte
“See what, exactly?” Gabe and I ask him at the same time.
“According to what Travis has told me, I may have my first suspect.”
“What?” Travis asks, just as Corrine whispers,
“Who?”
He gives a firm and thin smile. “Emma”
The rest look at him like he has grown another head or something. I just stare at him contemplating. If
The only question is: is her anger, hatred, and bitterness towards Ava enough to want her dead and to actually plan a hit on her?
Synopsis
Ava: Nine years ago I did something terrible. it wasn’t one of my best moments but I saw an opportunity to have the guy I’ve loved since I was a young girl and I took it. Fast forward to years later and I’m tired of living in a loveless marriage. I want to free both of us from a marriage that should never have taken place. They say if you love something…. It was time to let him go. I know he’ll never love me and that I’ll never be his choice. His heart will always belong to Her and despite my sins, I deserve to be loved. Rowan: Nine years ago, I was so in love I could barely see right. I ruined it when I made the worst mistake of my life and in the process I lost the love of my life. I knew I had to step up in my responsibility and so I did, with an unwanted wife. With the wrong woman. Now she has once again flipped my life by divorcing me. To make matters even more complicated, the love of my life is back in town. Now the only question is, who is the right woman? Is it the girl I fell head over heels in love with years ago? or is it my ex wife, the woman I never wanted but had to marry?
