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.

that. Good thing he’s so excited about the slides to

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

movie like I had planned, I decide to go through the biology essays of my students. So far the ones I’ve marked

subject being the

when my phone rings. My heartbeat lurches when I see

of me afraid that he had dialed my number by

Ava…are you busy?” he

guess it hadn’t been a mistake like

“Not particularly, why?”

was told you aren’t at the station’s shooting range.

together”

frown in confusion. None of the things he said

I be at a

were all advised

just in case they

make sense. I mean having a gun when dealing

told me about this

themselves for

pick you up?” Ethan asks

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

again.

“Sure”

I’ll be there

rush to my bedroom to find something descent to wear.

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like

to become an officer of the law?”

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

around another adult for a long

a cop” he

surprised. “That would

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

him down for selling illegal firearms I was actually relieved. Seeing

was untouchable made me want to do

living in

tell there was something more. The way he talked

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

class. Students who had really abusive parents. I

child needed such parents. Abuse was abuse. Whether it

emotional.

made you become a teacher?”

find myself

surprise.

parents weren’t the best and I was neglected as a child. When I was around

my mother to be. She cared, praised me, hugged me when I needed a hug, supported me. She