Chapter 0348
Rowan.
I stare at my blank laptop screen, not really in the mood to work. Noah was piaying video games, and Iris was sleeping. It’s been a while since Ava left to drop off Gunner; she should be back by now.
Since her shootout, my worry for her has been constant. I can’t get rid of the fear that engulfs me every time she’s outside. I can’t get over the fear that I’ll lose her to death. I almost did once, and that has left it’s mark on me.
I’ll do anything to make sure she’s safe. Including sending the one that hurt her to a place where she won’t ever be able to hurt Ava again.
Sighing I stand up. The other thing that bothered me was Ava’s revelation today. I don’t understand why and how she believes that Emma is innocent. I realized it too late, but Emma has been after Ava since she noticed that my feelings for Ava had changed.
Like I said, I could vouch for the Emma I fell in love with when we were teenagers, but not for the woman she’s become. There are so many things that have pointed out that Emma has become something different.
I mean, come one. She denied her own flesh and blood, hid him and the fact that she’s his mother, and went on with life like Gunner didn’t exist. If she could do that, do you honestly think that killing someone to get her out of the way is above her? I don’t think so. I know Ava wants to believe that Emma is innocent, but I
don’t.
I turn and look at my desk when my phone rings. I pick it up, but I’m disappointed that it’s not Ava’s name flashing on the screen.
This morning has been amazing. Just sitting with her and talking made it one of my favorite things to do in the morning. Seeing that she was receptive and not distant, I’d wanted to spend the rest of the day with her and our kids.
“Hello.” My voice is gruff, even for my own years.
“It’s me”
He didn’t have to tell me who he was; I already knew. Don’t get me wrong, I still don’t like Reaper, but for some reason I’ve grown closer to him these past couple of months. I would go as far as to say I trusted him, but let’s fucking not.
“I know that, Reaper.”
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He just chuckles.
Every week, he asks me to send him a picture of Iris. He may not be here for her. now, but it’s obvious the cold bastard loved his niece dearly.
“Did you check it out?” I asked after a while.
I
take my seat and wait for him to answer. He doesn’t wait long. His answer, though, makes me tense because I know that Ava will be so disappointed.
“Everything Brian said checks out.” He says roughly:. “The DNA report and Emma’s clothes. It looks like Emma is the one we have been searching for.
How the hell was I going to break this news to Ava? She was fucking convinced that Emma was innocent. I had my doubts, but I told her I trusted her, even though deep inside I knew she was wrong.
“I’ve got to give it to the bitch; she knew how to cover her tracks,” Reaper adds. Months and months of searching, yet she was hiding right under our fucking noses.’
“I still can’t believe that she fucking fooled us.” My anger was rising, and I was doing my hardest to stamp it down.
“You realize that I’m going to make her pay, right? You won’t be able to stop me.”
At first, I was confused-that is, until I realized he said it because he thought I would stop him because of the history Emma and I shared.
I laugh at that. I couldn’t fucking help it.
“Do what you have to, Reaper. In fact, I’ll give her my own version of
punishment,” I declared as ideas on how I’ll make Emma pay start popping in my head.
She was going to wish that she’d never crossed me or ever hurt Ava. There’s no fucking way I’ll let her get away with what she did to Ava. I nearly lost Ava because of 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?
