Ex-Husband's Regret (Ava and Rowan) novel Chapter 98

Anonymous POV

I pace around my apartment feeling on edge. I’ve tried calling the bastard but he’s not picking up.

He has been quiet since he burned down Ava’s house. That more than anything scares the crap out of me because I don’t know what he is planning.

If I don’t know what he’s planning then I can’t come up with a counter attack incase he messes up like Black Serpent.

Picking up my phone, I call one of my men.

“Boss?” Blake answers in the first ring.

“Have you been able to locate him?” I ask him.

I’m never one to worry. Never one to be anxious about things, but I was this time. I just got this bad fucking feeling that something was going to happen.

I couldn’t shake the feeling of doom that was wrecking havoc inside me.

“No…it’s like he’s fallen completely off radar.” He replies, making me curse. “No one has been able to locate him"

When I found out that the Black Serpent had been caught, I knew that I had to get rid of him.

It wouldn’t have been long before the police caught up to him, so I blew his brains off. I couldn’t let him lead them straight to me.

I was right after all. It didn’t take long for the cops to catch up to him. Luckily I had taken care of him already.

I know people like him. Mainly because he is made from the same cloth I am. If he had been caught, then he would have given me up to save his sorry ass.

He didn’t have any loyalty towards me, so he would have easily given me up. I couldn’t let that happen. Not when I had worked so fucking hard to get to where I was.

Everything turned out perfectly. He died. The police lost their only advantage and I got a new hitman.

Picking up my phone again, I call the one woman who has the ability to calm me down. The one that has always understood and stood by my side.

“Hi, mom” I greet as I sit down, trying to control my restlessness.

“Hey honey” she shouts excitedly. “It’s so good to hear from you. I’ve missed you so much”

At her voice, I sink into the couch. Tension leaves my body and I melt.

“I’ve missed you too mom, more than you can imagine” I mumble into the phone, feeling like a child again.

All my fears and worries fade away.

“Not that I don’t like hearing from you, but why did you call? Shouldn’t you be at work?” She asks.

I don’t know how to explain that to her. How do I tell her that I called because I needed to hear her voice one last time before things fell apart? How do I tell her that I wanted her comfort one last time because I doubt I’ll get it when she finds out what I’ve done?