Bittersweet At A Cost

I run and operate a small HVAC business I stared off as a 1 man show and now have 6 service trucks and 10 employees. I am single with a son in out work over my personal life to give them a life I never had and paid the price. It’s ok the wife cheated on me got pregnant and moved on with her guy. My son has never forgiven her for leaving us. I don’t bad mouth or never bad mouthed her to him or anyone. I let him figure those things out for himself. Paybacks are a bitch because once the sneaking around was over and she was pregnant they both realized that it costs money. Money that neither one had or had coming in. He was a trainer at the gym she went to. My lawyers made sure she got close to nothing. She got a small payout basically that they lived off of for a year. Once that money was gone they panicked he had no idea what a kids cost she had no clue how great she had it. She didn’t have to work she stayed at home drove a nice suv nice home and now she was looking for part time work and he was still at the same gym as a trainer and worked delivering food in the evenings. My son and I got real close we where there for each other and 2 years after she left she tried to come back giving him the poor me sob story I had to calm my son down he basically told her that she was a pos that left him and his dad and he wanted nothing from her. I calmed him down and told him to go inside the house and calm down which he did. She did the same to me told me it was my fault for working all the time i stoped her and told her that it was over and I didn’t need to explain myself ever again specifically to her. She cried and said they where struggling financially and she realized she loved me and not him. She said she could come back and work with me to the business of id have her back. I stoped her and said I had moved on and no way I would ever trust her near my home or business. Not going to lie it felt good to see her like this. I hate that my son has to go through life with out a mom. I would totally support him if he wanted to have a relationship with his mom. When I walked into the house my son said he would let me take her back as he wouldn’t trust her as well. I have dated a few times but have always put him first and for the first time he told me that he appreciated everything i had done and i needed to start dating because he didn’t want me to be alone. I am in way better shape and have started dating again. One women I have been seeing Cindy is my age with kids of her own. I have built a good life for my son and since he is all we have my parents are gone and besides some distant cousins he is the sole beneficiary to everything I have. What I have has been adding up and he will have a great edge in life.