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.

up after that. Good thing he’s so

his notice. A character he got from his father, but not today. Today his mind was completely

through the biology essays of my students. So far the ones I’ve marked have done really well! I don’t mean

subject being the best performed

My heartbeat lurches when

afraid that he had dialed

Ava…are you busy?” he

guess it hadn’t been a mistake like I

“Not particularly, why?”

station’s shooting range. I thought maybe

together”

of the things he said

I be at

there. They were all advised to

case they ever

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

that no one told me about this but

fuck themselves

you up?” Ethan asks interrupting

had nothing better to do. Plus this could be fun. Not

again.

“Sure”

be there

to my bedroom to

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ten minutes like he said and we

an officer of the law?” I

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

adult for a

a cop” he answers with

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

man and neither was he a good

illegal firearms I was

my dad who thought was untouchable made

was living

quiet but I can tell there was something

father wasn’t just bad,

had really abusive parents. I try to

no child needed such parents. Abuse was abuse. Whether it was physical

emotional.

what made you become a teacher?”

myself back but I find myself opening up to him,

surprise.

as a child. When I

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