“Hey! Jack! Are you alright?”
It is Ted, who is Jack’s neighbor and doesn’t get married yet.
“It’s been cold and dark outside!”
“You’d better go into the house otherwise you’ll catch a cold.”
“What are you doing?”
“Oh…..” “It’s been twenty years, right?”
“Since the police found out that your daughter, Mori, died in the house, killed cruelly and bloodily.”
“Well…… She was good girl, honestly.” “And, I couldn’t believe that the judge believed what that jerk says and sentenced him only thirty years.”
“And……”
“You fainted right away in the court.”
“So……”
“Now, it was all in the past, right?”
“By the doctor’s prescription, you would recover soon. I can give you my words.”
“Let go of her, Jack.”
“And, you would be better.”
Speaking over, Ted goes back to his house, leaving the old Jack alone outside. Not paying attention to what Ted said before a few minutes ago, Jack still sits on his chair and the Pop is ready sleepy.
It is dark now. On this special day at night, everyone goes to town to celebrate, making the Memory Road so silent and tranquil. Being absent-minded, Jack slightly smiles to the stars in the sky, thinking how fool he is that he forgets his daughter’s name. Now, Jack misses not only the name of his daughter but the growing of her appearance, the warmness of her hug, the taste of her tears, and the rain they had been caught together. All those pieces of Jack’s memory flash and overlap in his brain, chaotically and constantly, wildly and repeatedly, driving Jack’s mind to crazy. Shouting, pulling his hairs, and crying, Jack’s mind is out of control and he can’t hide his emotion anymore; so, he reveals them all, which is so abruptly that he scares Pop. Being scared, Pop shakes his tail fast and jumps up to Jack’s chest, licking away his tears. Comforted by Pop, Jack calms his emotion and touches Pop softly. In such a bad mood, Jack decides to take a walk in the street. Thus, he makes sure that Pop is chained and his bowl is full of food. He stops the music, gets up from the chair, and believes that he would be alright after the walk. Before going down to the street, Jack looks up to the stars that shins over his face; then, he says with his heart beating strongly, with his tears running heavily, with his face smiling foolishly, with his words speaking affectionately, and with his pistol in the left pocket, “I promise.”
It is Ted, who is Jack’s neighbor and doesn’t get married yet.
“It’s been cold and dark outside!”
“You’d better go into the house otherwise you’ll catch a cold.”
“What are you doing?”
“Oh…..” “It’s been twenty years, right?”
“Since the police found out that your daughter, Mori, died in the house, killed cruelly and bloodily.”
“Well…… She was good girl, honestly.” “And, I couldn’t believe that the judge believed what that jerk says and sentenced him only thirty years.”
“And……”
“You fainted right away in the court.”
“So……”
“Now, it was all in the past, right?”
“By the doctor’s prescription, you would recover soon. I can give you my words.”
“Let go of her, Jack.”
“And, you would be better.”
Speaking over, Ted goes back to his house, leaving the old Jack alone outside. Not paying attention to what Ted said before a few minutes ago, Jack still sits on his chair and the Pop is ready sleepy.
It is dark now. On this special day at night, everyone goes to town to celebrate, making the Memory Road so silent and tranquil. Being absent-minded, Jack slightly smiles to the stars in the sky, thinking how fool he is that he forgets his daughter’s name. Now, Jack misses not only the name of his daughter but the growing of her appearance, the warmness of her hug, the taste of her tears, and the rain they had been caught together. All those pieces of Jack’s memory flash and overlap in his brain, chaotically and constantly, wildly and repeatedly, driving Jack’s mind to crazy. Shouting, pulling his hairs, and crying, Jack’s mind is out of control and he can’t hide his emotion anymore; so, he reveals them all, which is so abruptly that he scares Pop. Being scared, Pop shakes his tail fast and jumps up to Jack’s chest, licking away his tears. Comforted by Pop, Jack calms his emotion and touches Pop softly. In such a bad mood, Jack decides to take a walk in the street. Thus, he makes sure that Pop is chained and his bowl is full of food. He stops the music, gets up from the chair, and believes that he would be alright after the walk. Before going down to the street, Jack looks up to the stars that shins over his face; then, he says with his heart beating strongly, with his tears running heavily, with his face smiling foolishly, with his words speaking affectionately, and with his pistol in the left pocket, “I promise.”
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