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

is usually in tune and nothing escapes his notice. A character he got from his father, but not today. Today his mind

put 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 I’ve marked have done really

being the best performed

rings. My heartbeat lurches when I

part of me afraid that he had dialed my

you busy?”

hadn’t been a mistake like I

“Not particularly, why?”

station’s shooting range. I thought maybe we could drive

together”

frown in confusion. None of the things he said were

would I be at a

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

just in case they

was news to me but I guess it did make sense. I

no one told me about this but I

fuck themselves

pick you up?” Ethan asks interrupting

fun. Not to mention that I get to

again.

“Sure”

there in ten

I rush to my bedroom to find

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arrives in ten minutes like he said and we immediately

made you decide to become an officer

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

around another adult for a long

was killed by a cop”

“That would turn

man and neither was he a good father. When the

firearms I

my dad who thought was untouchable made me want to do the same thing. Make

living in

quiet but I can tell there was something more. The way he talked about

know that his father wasn’t just bad, he was

had such kids in my class. Students who had really abusive parents. I try to help

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

emotional.

you become a

find myself opening up to him, something that

surprise.

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

She 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 not only to me. I