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

nothing escapes his notice. A character he got from his father, but not today. Today his mind was completely

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

the

lurches when I see Ethan’s name

part of me afraid that he had dialed my number

you busy?”

guess it hadn’t been a mistake

“Not particularly, why?”

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

together”

confusion. None of the things he said were

be at a shooting

you family is there. They were all advised to train in shooting and to get

case they ever got

sense. I mean having a gun when dealing

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

themselves for all

you up?” Ethan asks interrupting my

be fun. Not to mention that I get to hang

again.

“Sure”

be there in

I rush to my bedroom to find something descent to

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arrives in ten minutes like he said and

you decide to become an officer

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

around another adult for

was killed by a

a bit surprised. “That would

my dad wasn’t a good man and neither was he a

for selling illegal firearms I was

was untouchable made me

was living in a

there was something more. The way he talked

that his father wasn’t just bad, he was

kids in my class. Students who had really abusive

child needed such parents. Abuse was

emotional.

what made you become

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

surprise.

the best and I was neglected as a child. When I was

praised me, hugged me when I