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.

Good thing he’s so excited about

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

movie like I had planned, I decide to go through the biology essays of my

the best performed in

rings. My heartbeat lurches when I see Ethan’s name

of me afraid

you busy?” he

it hadn’t been a

“Not particularly, why?”

aren’t at the station’s shooting range. I thought

together”

confusion. None of the things he

be at a shooting

of you family is there. They were

just in case they ever

but I guess it did make sense. I mean

about this but

fuck themselves

I come pick you up?” Ethan asks

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

again.

“Sure”

be there in ten

up and I rush to my bedroom to find something

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arrives in ten minutes like he said and we immediately

officer

I felt at ease around

another adult

was killed by a

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

man and neither

selling illegal firearms I was actually relieved. Seeing those

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

was living in

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

wasn’t just bad, he was a

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

Abuse was abuse. Whether it was

emotional.

what made you

hold myself back but I find myself opening up to him, something that takes

surprise.

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

me, hugged me when I needed a hug,