rid of what you don’t want. ” I laid the note with the key to the side and lifted up a divider. There were numerous savings bonds for Jason and I that totaled up to one hundred thousand dollars for each of us. Also their marriage license and divorce papers laid folded at the bottom along with the wedding ring mom had left him with when she left with Jason and I that night years ago. After I left the bank with the money from the savings account for Chase and the savings bonds for Jason and I, I drove the one hour drive to his house.
The house was a small house set bac k behind some overgrown bushes. The little grey house looked run down and worn from years of neglect. I used the key to let myself in the front door, stale cigarette smoke lingered in the air, the TV was on but only static filled the screen, and a small light was on above the kitchen sink. I walked down the hallway, the first door I opened was his bedroom, a small single bed with only a pillow and a quilt laid on it. There was a three drawer dresser, I yanked all the drawers out and dumped them on the bedroom floor. He had only a few different changes of clothes and nothing hidden in the drawers. I looked under his bed, between the mattress and box springs, then in his closet. I opened the door and there staring back at me were all of the trophies he had won when he raced. I pulled all of them out and carried them into the kitchen, then went back down the hall and opened the other doors, one was a small linen closet, one was a small bathroom, and the other was to a small bedroom that still had a few boxes of dads neatly stacked against the wall. I carried the boxes to the living room and started unpacking them. The first box had clothes that belonged to Jason and me when we were little, on the inside of the flap there was a note written in black marker; “ I kept these for you boys in case you ever wanted to come see m e . ” I put the clothes back in the box and set it off to the side. The next box was smaller, when I opened it there was mom’s wedding dress, dad’s tuxedo he wore for their wedding, a wedding photo album, and more pictures of him and her before they had kids. I shook my head and put that box off to the side. My cell phone started ringing, I pulled it out of my pocket to see that it was Mitch calling. I hadn’t talked to him since the day after mom was found, so I decided almost a month was long enough.
“What’s up?” I answered.
“Motherfucker, do you know that you’re losing Chass?”
“What?”
“You heard me, why the fuck are you pushing her away?”
“It’s nice to talk to you too Mitch…We just need time apart okay. We’ve got some trust issues and with all the shit that has happened I can’t be with somebody right now.”
He snorted, “Well when you lose her don’t expect me to fucking help get her back.” He said rudely.
“Is she seeing somebody else?” I asked.
“That’s not any of your concern I guess. Listen I’ve gotta go, I just wanted to let you know you’re losing her…” he said then hung up before I could respond.
I didn’t bother looking through the other boxes I carried them out to the pickup then all of his trophies and drove back to the hotel. Once I was back in the hotel room, I showered and laid down on the bed. I grabbed my cell phone and looked through my old text messages. The ones between Chassis and I dated back to a month and two days before, I read them and could sense the hurt I was causing her by pushing her away. I started to type out a text but cleared it out, I went to her number in my contacts list and hovered above her name. I wanted to call and visit with her and apologize to her, but I figured it was something I needed to do face to face. I loved Chassis, everything just seemed to fall apart fast over my insecurities.
I stayed for another week because I had to put dads house on the market to sell, I
The house was a small house set bac k behind some overgrown bushes. The little grey house looked run down and worn from years of neglect. I used the key to let myself in the front door, stale cigarette smoke lingered in the air, the TV was on but only static filled the screen, and a small light was on above the kitchen sink. I walked down the hallway, the first door I opened was his bedroom, a small single bed with only a pillow and a quilt laid on it. There was a three drawer dresser, I yanked all the drawers out and dumped them on the bedroom floor. He had only a few different changes of clothes and nothing hidden in the drawers. I looked under his bed, between the mattress and box springs, then in his closet. I opened the door and there staring back at me were all of the trophies he had won when he raced. I pulled all of them out and carried them into the kitchen, then went back down the hall and opened the other doors, one was a small linen closet, one was a small bathroom, and the other was to a small bedroom that still had a few boxes of dads neatly stacked against the wall. I carried the boxes to the living room and started unpacking them. The first box had clothes that belonged to Jason and me when we were little, on the inside of the flap there was a note written in black marker; “ I kept these for you boys in case you ever wanted to come see m e . ” I put the clothes back in the box and set it off to the side. The next box was smaller, when I opened it there was mom’s wedding dress, dad’s tuxedo he wore for their wedding, a wedding photo album, and more pictures of him and her before they had kids. I shook my head and put that box off to the side. My cell phone started ringing, I pulled it out of my pocket to see that it was Mitch calling. I hadn’t talked to him since the day after mom was found, so I decided almost a month was long enough.
“What’s up?” I answered.
“Motherfucker, do you know that you’re losing Chass?”
“What?”
“You heard me, why the fuck are you pushing her away?”
“It’s nice to talk to you too Mitch…We just need time apart okay. We’ve got some trust issues and with all the shit that has happened I can’t be with somebody right now.”
He snorted, “Well when you lose her don’t expect me to fucking help get her back.” He said rudely.
“Is she seeing somebody else?” I asked.
“That’s not any of your concern I guess. Listen I’ve gotta go, I just wanted to let you know you’re losing her…” he said then hung up before I could respond.
I didn’t bother looking through the other boxes I carried them out to the pickup then all of his trophies and drove back to the hotel. Once I was back in the hotel room, I showered and laid down on the bed. I grabbed my cell phone and looked through my old text messages. The ones between Chassis and I dated back to a month and two days before, I read them and could sense the hurt I was causing her by pushing her away. I started to type out a text but cleared it out, I went to her number in my contacts list and hovered above her name. I wanted to call and visit with her and apologize to her, but I figured it was something I needed to do face to face. I loved Chassis, everything just seemed to fall apart fast over my insecurities.
I stayed for another week because I had to put dads house on the market to sell, I
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