Ex-Husband's Regret

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 hangs up after that. Good thing he’s so excited about the slides to realize I ignored his

grandmother’s greetings. Noah is usually in tune and nothing escapes his notice. A character he got from his father, but not today. Today his mind was completely on having fun.

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 am

the best performed

rings. My heartbeat lurches when I see Ethan’s

part of me afraid

you busy?” he

been a mistake like I

“Not particularly, why?”

shooting range. I thought maybe we could

together”

of the things he said were making any kind

be at a shooting

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

case

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

wanted to be pissed that no one told me about this but I couldn’t

fuck themselves for all I

come pick you up?”

this could be fun. Not to mention that I get

again.

“Sure”

be there in

and I rush to my bedroom to find

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ten minutes like he said

made you decide to become an officer of

comfortable and I felt at ease around him. It was nice. I

around another adult for

was killed by a cop”

a bit surprised. “That would turn

and neither was he a

him down for selling illegal firearms I was actually

like my dad who thought was untouchable made me want to do

I was living in

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

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

class. Students who had really abusive parents. I try to help as much as

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

emotional.

what made you

back but I find myself opening up

surprise.

best and I was neglected as a child. When I was around nine years,

to be. She cared, praised me, hugged me when I needed a hug, supported me. She was kind and not