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.

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

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

and 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 well! I don’t mean to brag but I am a

subject being the best

lurches when I see Ethan’s name

of me afraid that he had dialed

you

a mistake like

“Not particularly, why?”

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

together”

frown in confusion. None of the things he said were making any kind

would I be at

there. They were all advised to

just in case they

did make sense. I mean having a gun when dealing with

to be pissed that no one told me about this but I couldn’t

fuck themselves for all

you up?” Ethan asks interrupting my

better to do. Plus this could be fun.

again.

“Sure”

I’ll be there in ten

and I rush to my bedroom to find

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like he said and

become an officer of the law?” I ask turning

was comfortable and I felt at ease around

around another adult for a

a cop” he answers with a

frown, a bit surprised. “That would turn most people

wasn’t a good man and neither was

for selling illegal firearms I was actually

made me

I was living in a

can tell there was something more. The way

let me know that his father wasn’t just bad, he

my class. Students who had really abusive

no child needed such parents. Abuse was abuse.

emotional.

what made you become a teacher?”

I find myself opening up to

surprise.

parents weren’t the best and I was neglected as a

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