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.

hangs up after that. Good thing he’s so excited about the

character he got from his father, but

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 ones I’ve marked have done really well! I don’t mean to brag but I

my subject being the best performed in

My heartbeat lurches when I see Ethan’s

afraid that he had dialed my number by

you

it hadn’t been a mistake like I had

“Not particularly, why?”

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

together”

the things he

be

family is there. They were all advised to train in

in case they ever got

I

told me about this but I

themselves for

you up?” Ethan asks interrupting

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

again.

“Sure”

there in ten

my bedroom to find something descent to wear. Seeing

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Ethan arrives in ten minutes like he said and

to become an officer of

and I felt at ease around him. It

another adult for

by a cop” he answers

surprised. “That would turn most people

and neither was he a good

down for selling illegal firearms I

dad who thought was untouchable made me want to do

living in a

can tell there was something more.

know that his father wasn’t just

class. Students who had really abusive parents. I try

because no child needed such parents. Abuse was

emotional.

what made you become a

hold myself back but I find myself opening up to

surprise.

and I was neglected as a child.

amazing teacher. She was everything I wanted my mother to be. She cared, praised me, hugged me when I needed a hug, supported me. She was kind and not only to me. I