Chapter 95 There’s just something…
Calvin had called immediately he got the missed call notification. He’d explained that the reason he didn’t pick up is because he was in a meeting and his phone had been silent.
He wanted to come home right away, but told him that everything was now fine. That I had taken
care of the situation and that Gunner was fine. He wasn’t crying anymore. Neither was he sad.
That was enough for me.
He was reluctant, but he finally agreed given that his meeting would run late.
Now here I was cooking dinner for us. With thousands of thoughts running through my head. It’s like I can’t get a break from my own thoughts. They’re constantly there and now there some that are added concerning Gunner.
“What are we having for dinner mom?” Noah asks sitting down at the counter.
“Yes, what? I am starving” Gunner adds smiling at me.
There it was again. That damn smile. It’s not that I hated it. I could never hate any smile Gunner gives me. It’s just that it fucking bothers me so much. There was something about it that I just couldn’t place my finger on.
“I’m not sure” I tell them. “Why don’t we see
what my craving will pick?”
Noah smiles wide and turns to Gunner. “Mom has insan
cravings. Sometimes they’re really great
and other times it’s totally disgusting”
Gunner nods his head. “Can I help?”
“Sure. Why don’t you flow the chicken?” I tell him.
Noah wasn’t really that helpful in the kitchen. In fact he was a complete disaster. That’s why he normally never helps unless it’s something he can actually do. Something he won’t mess up.
I got out the marinating sliced chicken breasts and the Ziploc bag of seasoned flour and handed them over to Gunner.
He took them willingly with a smile on his face. One thing I learned about him was that he loved food and he also loved cooking. He was going to make a very lucky woman happy one day if he continued like this.
“As for you, Noah, you can help with the dessert” I turn to him
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“At least that’s easy and I won’t mess it up” he says grinning, making both me and Gunner laugh
He was self–aware. I liked that about him.
“Now, if you get the buttermilk marinade on your fingers, don’t get it near your eyes. It’ll burn,
because of the Tabasco and salt that is in it I warn Gunner.
“Okay”
We get to work. Chatting and simply having fun. I was so glad that I could give this to Gunner. So happy that I was able to give him happiness. I couldn’t take away all his pain and sadness, but
this had to be enough for now.
He was a lovely boy. Shy at first, but when you got to know him, you realize how amazing he is. I
just couldn’t understand why his mother would do this to him.
From what little I gathered. She doesn’t want to be in his life. I don’t know if it’s by choice or
maybe forced circumstances, all I know is that it was hurting Gunner. The last thing I want is for
him to grow up with issues just like me.
“This is what I’ve always wished and prayed for” his low voice pulls me back to the present.
“What?” Noah asks him.
Gunner takes deep breath before answering. “This. Having a mom by my side. Watching her cook
and cooking alongside her. That kind of thing. Don’t get me wrong, dad is amazing but he is a dad.
He can never be my mom”
Damn it. There goes my heart shattering into pieces for this little boy. If I could, I would give him
the world, but that is not sible. Some things just aren’t possible. Like how Noah wants Rowan
and I to get back together.
“You okay, honey?” I ask him.
He smiles up at me. “Yes. I have you, Noah and dad. That is enough. I know you’re not my real
mom, but you’re like a mom to me already.”
I leave what I am doing and give him a hug before kissing his forehead.
“Damn!” Noah groans.
2/5
+15 BOMUS
“Language!” I chastise him and he goes quiet.
“I’m sorry mom ” Noah says after a while “I’ve been pushing and pushing for you and dad to get back together without realizing how lucky I am that you’re both in my life. Will you forgive me?”
I open my arms for him and he immediately steps into them. I close them around him before
kissing his forehead too.
“You’re forgiven” I tell him while letting him go.
“I’ll keep praying and hoping, but I’ll stop pushing so much.”
“Thank you” I say
We get back to work and eventually finish cooking. They both help me set the table and we sit
down to eat.
With the three of us, or should I say four, we almost clean everything, but I put my foot down for some left overs. Calvin was probably going to come home tired and hungry. He won’t have time to
cook something.
After dinner, I make them shower and then it is off to bed for them.
It was after they were asleep that the idea came to me. I had a five bedroom house. There was still an extra room even after turning one of them into a nursery. The last remaining bedroom could be
Gunner’s room.
He could sleep there anytime he was over and it could also be his safe space while he was here. I quickly get excited about the idea. Immediately I take a note pad and started scribbling down
what I would need.
I’ll have to ask Calvin for
be helpful when it com
“Yes”
I didn’t know what to say. I had so many question, but I was afraid of stepping out of boundary.
“About today? Gunner was crying because of his mother” I start slowly.
The moment I say those words, his face turns stone cold.
“Don’t mention that bitch to me again! She has done nothing, but hurt me and my son over and over again. What kind of woman abandons her son? I get and understand that she doesn’t love me and she never will, it hurts, but I learned to accept that. Turning her back on Gunner is something else. I will never forgive her for that” he was breathing hard and his voice was cold.
“It’s quiet. Are they asleep?” he asks
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