Ex-Husband's Regret (Ava and Rowan) novel Chapter 89

“What about your car?” I ask as I start mine.

I knew that he must have driven here or had his driver drive him. Rowan wasn’t the kind of man who takes cabs.

“Dennis can drive my car back home…I’ll call him when I need him” he mutters just as I reverse mine and then drive off.

“Home…I no longer have that” I whisper sadly.

“It’s going to be okay”

“Is it?” I ask sadly.

For some reason I felt that it wasn’t going to be okay. That the worst was yet to come.

Taking out my phone I call my real-estate agent. He picks up on the first ring.

“I’m so sorry, Ava. I saw what happened to your house” he says in a high pitched voice.

“It’s okay” I pause. “Please tell me you have something for me, anything really, given I’m now homeless”

I didn’t like the idea of staying in a hotel for whatever period of time. I don’t know what I will do if he tells me he has no house on offer.

“I have one and it’s perfect for you. I'm sure you'll love it” he says and I sigh in relief.

“Okay, good…please send me the address now, I want to check it out. If I like it then I’ll take it.”

He agrees before I hanging up

I didn’t know what happened between them yesterday after I left, but I didn’t care. It was after all, none of my business.

“I also knew I didn’t want a single dime from you except what was Noah's. I wanted to continue providing Noah a life he was used to and I couldn’t do that on my teacher’s salary, so about four years into our marriage I took all my money and invested it in a new company” I pause before continuing.

“The bank told me that it was risky, that the probability of that company succeeding was small. They were sure that I would lose my money in the end. Tom’s logistics proved them wrong and flourished”

I smile at the memory. Tom’s logistics was a big company and very successful in its field. I was still a share hold but a silent one.

“I started earning from my shares and it felt great. I took a part-time business course, just to know the ins and outs of managing a business. From there, I started investing in startup companies. Those who needed capital and couldn’t get them from the bank, came to me. I went through their business proposals and if it had potential then I invested.”

So far, I have not made a bad investment. After the companies grow, they either buy me out or I remain as a member of the board.

I give him a side way glance, just to gage his reaction. He looked impressed.