Under the clouds that cover the sun, there is a neighborhood. Inside the neighborhood, there is a small house with dead grass and a leafless tree in the front yard. Inside the house, there is a bedroom. Inside the bedroom lies an old man lying in the bed.
The Old Man sits up and moves to the side of the bed. The Old Man stands up. He walks toward a wooden desk in the bedroom with a picture on it, the picture is covered by a cloth. The Old Man takes the cloth off and looks at the picture with a somber look on his face. The image has a young man and a young woman with their arms wrapped around each other. The Old Man walks away from the picture.
The Old Man walks through the living room and up to a coat hanger with three hangers on it, there is only one coat on it. The Old Man puts on the coat and walks out the front door. The Old Man takes a deep breath of the fresh and brisk air. He looks at the leafless tree that has something engraved on it. The Old Man walks over to the tree and puts his hand on the faded engraved bark.
The engraved part of the tree reads 'M + S!' surrounded by a heart. The Old Man gets teary-eyed. He turns his attention to a much more recent engraved part of the tree that reads 'R + P!' that's also surrounded by a heart. The Old Man looks at his feet and walks back inside. The living room has a picture that is missing half of it, the visible half shows an elderly woman on it.
The Old Man wanders around the empty house, he looks in a drawer in the kitchen that has a letter in it. The Old Man closes the drawer with spite. The Old Man walks into the hallway and opens a door that leads to the basement. The Old Man walks into the basement and turns on the light. On top of some boxes is another picture.
The Old Man picks up the picture and rubs the dust off of it, it's the picture of the same woman on the desk. The Old Man is taken back to many years ago when a younger version of himself and the woman are walking down a street. The woman talked about how he should talk to his dad more often, and how his dad doesn't have much time left. The Old Man starts to tear up again. Back then, it was only a conversation. Now, it breaks the Old Man as he starts to cry.
After a little more reminiscing, the Old Man sets the picture back down and walks out of the basement. He makes his way to the Kitchen and the drawer he had opened earlier. The Old Man grabs the letter from the drawer and opens it up.
Dear Martin, I have just heard of your wife's passing, I am truly sorry for your loss. I hope you and Robert are doing okay. When your mom died, I became extremely distant and dismissive of you. That is the biggest regret of my life. The reason I want to tell you this is that you shouldn't make the same mistake that I made. Please, stay close to your son, going through death alone is a terrible mistake that harms both of you. Love, Dad.
Martin looks at his feet in sadness and shame after finishing the letter. But he soon looks up with determination in his eyes as he sets the letter down and walks back into the living room. Martin puts his coat back on and grabs a key chain with a car key on it. Martin goes outside and gets into the car that's parked in the driveway.
Martin puts the key in the ignition and turns the car on. He reverses onto the road and puts the car in drive. Martin eases on the gas and drives off.
Martin eventually arrives at a house that has Christmas decorations on it. Martin, shaking from nervousness, turns the car off and gets out. Martin walks up the front door of the house and rings the doorbell, he can faintly hear it from inside the house.
Martin can see a middle-aged man walk up a flight of stairs and toward the front door through a nearby window. The man unlocks and opens the door.
"Dad?" The man asks, extremely surprised. Martin smiles at his son.
