Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

11. Shooting range

“So how’s your day sweetheart?” I ask Noal

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The phone is between my shoulder and eat I was trying to maximize by talking to him while doing some cleaning. It wasn’t an easy but at least my shoulder was doing so much better now.

“It’s awesome“” he shouts through the phone almost bursting my ent drums “We just had ice cream and now we are going to the slides, they have slides here and they lead straight to the

ocean”

His excited chanter makes me happy. His happines in my happiness The fact that he is safe and enjoying himself was enough for me.

“That’s great baby…see, I told you that you would have lots of fun”

Giving up on cleaning, I take a seat on the couch. It would be better to finish talking to him first.

“What about you mommy, how’s your weekend?”

What could I say? It was boring as hell. My eight year old son was having more fun than I was. I didn’t have anywhere to go or anyone to hang out with since I had no friends.

My colleagues used to invite me to things but they stopped after I kept turning them down Deep inside I knew they invited me as a formality, because I was there when they were inviting others. Not because they genuinely want to know me or hang out with me.

“Uh, it’s okay…just doing some cleaning” I murmur

I hear him sigh. “Mom, you need to go out and have fun like I am. Since I’m not there, I don’t want you to stay at home all alone”

Why the hell did I feel so chastised right now?

“I will, I just have to finish my chores first” I lie.

After cleaning I would probably just watch a movie and drown myself in junk food. Or I would just catch up on sleep. Both options didn’t seem that bad.

“Fine…I have to go mommy, Pa is calling for me”

“Okay my love, talk to you at night”

“Bye, and grandma says hi to you”

Noah calls mother grandma and used to call father grandpa. As for Rowan’s parents, he calls them

Pa and Ma

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“That’s good be careful on the slides” I say, completely ignoring the greetings from my supposed

mother.

Good thing he’s so excited about the slides to realize I ignored

he got from his father,

I had planned, I decide to go through the biology essays of my students. So far the ones I’ve marked have done really well! I don’t mean to brag but I am

the

lurches when I see Ethan’s name flashing. This

answer unsure, part of me afraid

Ava…are you busy?”

hadn’t been a

“Not particularly, why?”

shooting range. I thought maybe we could drive

together”

confusion. None of the things he

I be at a

the rest of you family is there. They were all advised

just in case they ever got

I guess it did make sense. I mean having a gun

one told me about this but I couldn’t bring myself to care.

go fuck themselves

I come pick you up?”

this could be fun. Not to mention that I get to

again.

“Sure”

be there

bedroom to find something descent

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ten minutes like he said and we

to become an officer of the law?” I

ease around him. It was nice. I haven’t felt

adult

dad was killed by a cop” he answers with a

a bit surprised. “That would turn

and neither was he a

illegal firearms I

was untouchable made me want to do the same thing. Make

I was living in

can tell there was something more. The way he talked about his dad

father wasn’t just bad, he

Students who had really

no child needed such parents. Abuse was abuse. Whether it was physical

emotional.

you become

usually hold myself back but I find myself opening up to him, something

surprise.

was neglected as a child. When I was

was everything I wanted my mother to be. She cared, praised me, hugged me when I needed a hug, supported me. She was kind and