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.

he’s so excited about the slides to realize I ignored

his notice. A character he got from his

planned, I decide to go through the biology essays of

subject being the best

phone rings. My heartbeat lurches when I see

afraid that he had dialed

Ava…are you busy?”

been a mistake like

“Not particularly, why?”

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

together”

in confusion. None of the things he

I be

the rest of you family is there. They were all advised to train in shooting and to

license just in case they ever got in

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

about this

themselves for all

pick you up?” Ethan

this could be fun. Not to mention that

again.

“Sure”

there in ten

I rush to my bedroom to find something descent to wear.

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like he said and we immediately

become an officer of the law?” I ask turning

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

adult for a

a

would turn most people off from

but my dad wasn’t a good man and neither was he a

I was actually relieved. Seeing those cops taking

was untouchable made me want to do the same thing.

living in a safe

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

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

in my class. Students who had really abusive

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

emotional.

what made you become a teacher?”

I find myself opening up to

surprise.

neglected as a

everything I wanted my mother to be. She cared, praised me, hugged me when I needed a hug, supported me.