Ex-Husband's Regret (Ava and Rowan) novel Chapter 52

“Okay” she replied and opens her eyes.

Brian cuts in. “Don’t worry, they’ll be here any minute, meanwhile do you mind if I asked you a couple of questions?”

Ava shakes her head and then winces.

Fuck! I run my hand through my hair. She was hurting and it was wreaking havoc inside me.

“Good. Can you describe to me what the man that attacked you look like?” Brian asks her.

She takes a deep breath. “He had a mask on, so I can’t tell you how he looked. But he had shaggy brown hair, he was fairly tall, maybe around six foot tall and he was built like a tank”

“Anything else?”

“No…that’s all”

“Did he say anything? Like why he was after you?”

“Yes, he said he wasn’t part of any gang but that someone promised to pay him a huge amount of money if he killed me. He didn’t mention a name or who he was working for though” her hand was shaking by the time she finished speaking.

The more I heard the fucking scared and angry I became. I didn’t want to imagine that someone was after her, but here was the proof. Staring right at us.

“So, I was right after all. Her attacks have nothing to do with the threats that were made on both families. Which means someone else is after her” Brian says more to himself than us.

“But why would anyone be after her?” Ethan asks the question that’s been running rampant in my head.

It didn’t make any fucking sense. Ava didn’t have enemies mainly because she kept to herself. Her life consisted of her work and our son. So why would someone want her dead? And who could the person be?

“That’s what I can’t figure out for now” Brian answers frowning. “The fact that whoever it is, is willing to pay huge amounts of money to have Ava dead concerns me, because it means he or she will go to any length to make sure the job is done”

I was about to speak when an officer interrupts us.

“That makes sense” Brian adds. “He might have even been watching her for months and used the Reapers’ involvement as the perfect cover up.”

Reapers’ Angels is the criminal gang that had threatened us.

“They were probably hoping to kill her that first time and no one would have been the wiser. We would all have thought that the Reapers were responsible for her death” Ethan concludes.

“Exactly” Brian agrees, snapping his fingers.

I feel Ava shaking beside me just as the siren’s for the medics are heard. Seconds later they rush in. Two of them head for Ava while one heads for Drake. Both Ethan and I move to give them space to check out Ava.

My phone rings and I pull it out of my pocket. I curse when I see Emma’s name flashing. Damn it! I had completely forgotten about her. I feel my frustration building up. Frustration at this situation with Ava and my relationship with Emma.

This time I’m not sure she’ll be so forgiving especially if she learns that I left her the moment I heard that Ava was attacked. My reaction was was the problem. Even I can tell that my reaction was too strong especially for someone who claims to have no feelings towards his ex-wife.

How the hell was I going to explain to Emma that Ava meant nothing to me when I rushed to her side the minute I heard she was in danger? Fuck my life. Things had just gotten more complicated.