xxDragonBakexx
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Aaron Holleran had worked at the same company, doing the same job, seeing the same people for over twenty years. For the past thirteen years he had been coming to the same station, at the same time, every morning of every day that he worked. This would be the last time.
Seven years after he started his new job at Colisco Cloud Design as the Director of Storage, his wife Abigail had insisted on a new house and a new car in the new part of town. He had always liked the old house with the character of disrepair. He had always liked the old station with the graffiti, the homeless, and the stench of sweat. But he had always loved Abigail more than anything, so he gave up everything else he loved to be with what he loved most.
He sat in a bench and put his brief case in his lap. The weight of the gun in the normally near-empty case was heavy on his lap. The suits hurried all around him. There a young mom bought her perfect child some candy. Here a business man-not nearly as important as he assumed-flirted with a young red-head as they got on the train. On the other side of the track two men argued loudly, their voices sounding to him between the passing train cars, like talking into a box fan.
It was the one year anniversary of Abigail's death. On year since she kissed him goodbye. They thought she was saying goodbye until she got back with milk and bread. But it was goodbye until Aaron died. It was goodbye until today.
Aaron opened his case and pulled the gun free and set it on his lap, laying the case to the side. No one noticed the gun anymore than they noticed Aaron any other day. Any more than they noticed that his wife had been dead for one year. Any more than they noticed how pointless life really was.
He lowered his head. There really is nothing wrong with a good cry on the day you die. He smiled at his unintentional rhyme. He took a deep breath. It was over, he had made up his mind, no sense in delaying.
When he opened his eyes, he saw a strange envelope on the ground below the bench. "To You/ From Me" was the only thing on the outside. He opened it to find a hand-written letter on loose leaf paper. His eyes opened wider and wider as he read the letter that saved his life.
Seven years after he started his new job at Colisco Cloud Design as the Director of Storage, his wife Abigail had insisted on a new house and a new car in the new part of town. He had always liked the old house with the character of disrepair. He had always liked the old station with the graffiti, the homeless, and the stench of sweat. But he had always loved Abigail more than anything, so he gave up everything else he loved to be with what he loved most.
He sat in a bench and put his brief case in his lap. The weight of the gun in the normally near-empty case was heavy on his lap. The suits hurried all around him. There a young mom bought her perfect child some candy. Here a business man-not nearly as important as he assumed-flirted with a young red-head as they got on the train. On the other side of the track two men argued loudly, their voices sounding to him between the passing train cars, like talking into a box fan.
It was the one year anniversary of Abigail's death. On year since she kissed him goodbye. They thought she was saying goodbye until she got back with milk and bread. But it was goodbye until Aaron died. It was goodbye until today.
Aaron opened his case and pulled the gun free and set it on his lap, laying the case to the side. No one noticed the gun anymore than they noticed Aaron any other day. Any more than they noticed that his wife had been dead for one year. Any more than they noticed how pointless life really was.
He lowered his head. There really is nothing wrong with a good cry on the day you die. He smiled at his unintentional rhyme. He took a deep breath. It was over, he had made up his mind, no sense in delaying.
When he opened his eyes, he saw a strange envelope on the ground below the bench. "To You/ From Me" was the only thing on the outside. He opened it to find a hand-written letter on loose leaf paper. His eyes opened wider and wider as he read the letter that saved his life.