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.

up after that. Good thing he’s so excited

character he got from

like 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

being the

My heartbeat lurches when I see Ethan’s

I answer unsure, part of me afraid that he had dialed my number

you busy?” he

guess it hadn’t been a

“Not particularly, why?”

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

together”

the things he said were

be at

the rest of you family is there. They were all advised to train in shooting and

just in case they ever got

did make sense. I

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

themselves

up?” Ethan

had nothing better to do. Plus this could be fun. Not to

again.

“Sure”

I’ll be there

rush to my bedroom to find something descent to wear.

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minutes like he said and

officer

ease

another adult

killed by a

a bit surprised. “That would turn most people off from

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

I was actually relieved.

made me want to do

living in

tell there was something more. The way

his father wasn’t just bad, he was

who had really

Abuse

emotional.

you become a teacher?”

but I find myself opening

surprise.

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

mother to be. She cared, praised me, hugged me when I needed a hug, supported me. She was kind and not only to me. I