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

he got from his father, but not today. Today his mind was completely on having

my phone down. I get back to cleaning but soon I’m finished. Instead of watching a movie like I had planned, I decide to go through the biology essays of my students. So far the ones

the best performed in

done when my phone rings. My heartbeat lurches

afraid that he had dialed my

Ava…are you busy?” he

a

“Not particularly, why?”

told you aren’t at the station’s shooting range. I thought maybe

together”

None of the things he said

would I be

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

case they ever

guess it did make sense. I

be pissed that no one told me about

fuck themselves for all

I come pick you up?” Ethan asks interrupting

could be fun.

again.

“Sure”

be there

I rush to my bedroom to find something

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Ethan arrives in ten minutes like he said and we

to become an officer of the law?” I ask turning

and I felt at ease around him. It was nice. I

adult

dad was killed by a cop” he answers with

would turn most people off from being

and neither

for selling illegal firearms I was actually relieved. Seeing those cops taking

like my dad who thought was untouchable made me

I was living in a

was something more. The way he

his father wasn’t just bad, he was a terrible

Students who had really abusive parents. I try

child needed such parents. Abuse was abuse. Whether it was

emotional.

made you become a

find myself opening up to

surprise.

and I was neglected as a child. When I was around nine years, I

hugged me when I needed a hug, supported me. She was kind