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.

so excited about the slides to realize

in tune and nothing escapes his notice. A character he got

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

being the best performed

almost done when my phone rings. My heartbeat lurches when I see

I answer unsure, part of me afraid

Ava…are you

a mistake like I

“Not particularly, why?”

aren’t at the station’s shooting range.

together”

of the things he said were making any kind of sense to

be at a shooting

is there. They were all advised to

in case

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

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

themselves for all I

come pick you up?”

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

again.

“Sure”

I’ll be there in ten

to my bedroom to find something descent to

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ten minutes like he

officer of

ease around him. It was nice. I

adult for a

killed by a cop” he answers with

“That would turn most people off from

man and neither was he a

firearms I

dad who thought was untouchable made me want to do the

was living in

tell there was something more. The way

let me know that his father wasn’t just

had really

child needed such parents. Abuse was abuse. Whether it was physical

emotional.

made you become a teacher?”

but I find myself opening up to him, something

surprise.

as a child.

me, hugged me