“I’m surprised, but also impressed.” Reaper says, and I swear I could hear the amusement in his voice. “Everyone talked about how much you loved her; I didn’t think you’d ever hurt her, especially for Ava.”
“People don’t know shit.”
It’s as I said that it finally hit me. My love for Emma was completely gone. It was dead, and maybe it has been for a long time now. What I feel for Ava is stronger.
Looking back, I was infatuated with Emma and the idea of love. Plus, everyone used to say that we belonged together. That we were perfect together. I think that went to my head. I heard it said so much when we were younger that maybe it brainwashed me into thinking that it was the truth.
Everyone wanted us together, including our mothers, who pushed us to always be around each other. What if what I thought was love was nothing but an idea planted in our heads by our mothers? A fantasy they had no business pushing on
- us.
If it wasn’t for the constant pushing, would we have gotten together? Would we have started dating? The answer is probably a big fucking NO.
“Rowan, are you still there?”
I shake my head against the thoughts. None of that mattered. What matters is what I feel for Ava, and it’s bigger, stronger, and more than I’ve ever felt for Emma.
“Yeah, I just got lost in thoughts for a minute,” I reply
“Right,” he says, drugs the words out. “I’ve got shit to do; I’ll talk to you later.”
“Sure”
It wasn’t even ten minutes after we hung up that I got another phone call. I don’t recognize the number, but I pick it up anyway.
“Rowan, it’s Calvin.” I’m surprised, but the urgency in his voice catches my
attention.
“What happened?”
“It’s Ava; she’s unconscious.”
I don’t wait for him to finish his sentence. I hang up the phone and rush out of the door. I could hear Noah calling me, but right now my mind was fully focused
1/2
My heart was gripped in a tight fist as scenario after scenario of the worst played in my mind. I’m not afraid of admitting that I was fucking scared.
The drive is a blur, and without even realizing it, I arrive at Calvin’s home. I pull out my number and dial his number.
“Where are you?” I asked immediately, not caring to conceal my fear.
“At Ava’s old house.”
I rush there and find the door open.
“In here,” Calvin’s voice calls out.
I move quickly and climb up the stairs. I head on over to the master bedroom to find him seated at the edge of the bed, with Ava lying unconscious.
“What the fuck happened?” I yelled, crossing the short distance towards Ava. She was so still, and that fucking scared me.
“I don’t fucking know. She asked
the house, and I told her it was hers. Then
she asked for a key, and I gave it to her. It’s only after about forty minutes that I
She’d said she would pass by to say
realized that she hadn’t been back be goodbye. I came to check on her and found her 2dr ?
on the floor, unconscious.”
After his explanation, I ignored him. My focus is wholly on Ava.
I try calling her name, but she doesn’t wholly on Ava.
le wound, but that couldn’t be said about internal
respond. My fear spikes even more at that.
There wasn’t any
damaged.
I pull out my phone about to call an ambulance. I don’t understand why Calvin
hadn’t done that in the fo
fucking place.
The operator had just picked up when Ava’ upright with a gasp.
open and she bolted
a few calming breaths, her eyes
I hang up the phone and stare at Ava. Afte turned to me, and they were liquid fire. She was way beyond pissed. If she could get away with murder, I would be long dead.
sheel
“You fucking lied to me!” she screams, getting up from the bed. “We are divorced!”
Fuck. I knew this day would come, b
I was still not prepared for her
anger.
“
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?
