Camilla
Alex left me five years ago. It's been five long years since he divorced me, leaving me to raise Ava by myself. I thought I had forgotten how I felt about him. I thought the pain was gone and that I had moved on.
But my chest gets tight every time I see him. My carefully built walls are shaking. His presence makes me feel things I don't want to feel, feelings I've worked hard to keep from coming out.
However, he was back, trying to say sorry for betraying me in a way I will never forget. He threw me away like trash for another woman. He now comes back with a rehearsed apology and wants me to forgive him?
No. It won't work with me.
After picking Ava up from school, I forced a smile as she climbed into the car, her small backpack swinging behind her. I couldn't let h
