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.

thing he’s so

he got from his father,

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

subject being the best performed in

my phone rings. My heartbeat lurches when I see Ethan’s

part of me afraid that

Ava…are you busy?” he

a mistake like

“Not particularly, why?”

shooting range. I thought maybe we could drive

together”

he said were making

would I be

were all advised to train in shooting and

just in case they

was news to me but I guess it did make sense. I mean having a gun when dealing with a

pissed that no one told me about

fuck themselves

you up?” Ethan asks

better to do. Plus this could be fun. Not

again.

“Sure”

be there

hangs up and I rush to my bedroom to find

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ten minutes like he said and we

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

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

another adult for a

killed by a cop” he

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

but my dad wasn’t a good man and neither was he a good father. When the

selling illegal firearms I was actually relieved. Seeing those

who thought was untouchable made me want to

I was living

something more. The way he talked about

wasn’t just bad, he was

kids in my class. Students who had really abusive parents. I try to help

parents. Abuse was abuse.

emotional.

made you become

usually hold myself back but I find myself opening

surprise.

was neglected as a child. When I

mother to be. She cared, praised me, hugged me when I