Regrets

Drabble #11: Dawn

            Everyone has regrets.

            Dawn Atwood has regrets.

            Dawn regrets the life that she provided for her children.

            She regrets everything about Chino.

            She regrets all of the afternoons wasted on helping whatever man she was prepare drugs to sell.

            Dawn Atwood regrets giving up on Ryan Atwood.

            She regrets pretending that their monetary problems were only temporary.

            She regrets pretending that everything would be fine soon.

            She regrets pretending that she'd be able to get Ryan back.

            She regrets hurting her son in so many ways.

            But most of all, she regrets thinking that she'd ever make a good mother.