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.

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 am

my subject being the best performed in

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

me afraid

Ava…are you busy?”

it hadn’t been a mistake like

“Not particularly, why?”

you aren’t at the station’s shooting range. I

together”

the things he said were making any kind of

be

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

just in case they ever

I mean having a gun when dealing

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

go fuck themselves for all I

up?” Ethan asks interrupting my

nothing better to do. Plus this could be fun. Not to mention that

again.

“Sure”

I’ll be there

bedroom to find something

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minutes like he said and

you decide to become an officer of the law?” I ask turning to

I felt at ease around him. It was nice.

adult

killed by a

surprised. “That would turn most

and neither was

for selling illegal firearms I

untouchable made me want

I was living in a

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

father wasn’t just bad, he

kids in my class. Students who had really abusive parents. I try to help

Abuse was abuse. Whether it was

emotional.

made you become a

I find myself opening up to him,

surprise.

I was neglected as

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