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

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

like I had planned, I decide to go through the biology essays of my students. So far

my subject being the

heartbeat lurches when I see Ethan’s name flashing. This was totally

unsure, part of me afraid that

you

it hadn’t been a

“Not particularly, why?”

station’s shooting range. I thought

together”

the things he said were making any kind of sense

would I be at

is there. They were all advised to train in shooting

in case they ever got

I mean

no one told me about this but I couldn’t bring myself to

fuck themselves

pick you up?” Ethan asks

do. Plus this could be fun. Not to mention that

again.

“Sure”

I’ll be there in

rush to my bedroom to find something descent

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arrives in ten minutes like he said and we immediately

officer of the law?” I ask

ease

around another adult for a

by a cop” he answers with

surprised. “That would turn most

and neither was he a good father. When the

illegal firearms I was actually relieved. Seeing those cops taking

was untouchable made me want

I was living in a

was something more. The way he talked about his dad

wasn’t just bad, he was a terrible

my class. Students who had really abusive parents.

parents. Abuse was abuse. Whether it was

emotional.

you

myself back but I find myself opening

surprise.

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

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 never