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 I ignored

greetings. Noah is usually in tune and nothing escapes his notice. A character he got from his

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

the best performed

heartbeat lurches when I see

unsure, part of me afraid that he had dialed

you

hadn’t been a mistake like

“Not particularly, why?”

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

together”

frown in confusion. None of the things he

would I be at a shooting

family is there. They were all advised to train

in case they

it did make sense. I

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

go fuck themselves for all I

I come pick you up?” Ethan

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

again.

“Sure”

I’ll be there in

to find something descent

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minutes like he

made you decide to become an officer of the law?” I

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

adult for a

dad was killed by a cop” he

“That would turn most people

my dad wasn’t a good man and neither was

I

untouchable made me want to

was living

can tell there was something more. The way he talked about his dad

wasn’t just bad,

who had really abusive parents. I try to help as much

parents. Abuse was abuse. Whether

emotional.

what made you become a teacher?”

find myself opening

surprise.

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

teacher. She was everything I wanted my mother to be. She cared, praised me, hugged me