Bag of Bones

Bag of Bones Part 2: Flashbacks

Few years later.....

I started a new life, A new job, a new place, a new house, a new wife, and a new story.  I moved away from Western Maine and moved to New York.  I now live in an apartment and my new job is now as graphic designer. My new lover is Ruby, she has light brown hair with hazel eyes. She has a small perky nose and always where's a bold-bright colored dress. She isn't perfect like Johanna who was a kind, honest, and helpful woman.  She was the exact opposite of her, she is always lies, she doesn't help, and she is a mean bitch. I have no idea why I am still in a relationship with her.  I still sometimes cry myself to sleep about Johanna, I always have dreams about her and she keeps calling me to come back to the old Lakeside House, Sara Laughs. 

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One day I decided to go back to my deposit box in West Chester Bank. In my deposit box is something more special than money or jewelry, It was old pictures of my wife and me on our most happiest moments. I took the photographs with me back to my apartment, Ruby was asking what was on those pictures. We both sat down and we went through the pictures together. The first one was a picture of me and Johanna on our first honeymoon in California. We both took Surfing lessons at the ages of 37 and 40, after a couple of days with the lessons she was surfing a whole hell of a lot better than me. She started doing a handstands on her surfboard and lying on her back on the board! With me though I one time we both got plowed by a really huge wave, we still did have a good time. The Next photo was us getting married, we didn't get married in Western Maine. We actually got married in New Hampshire, it was a small place but she was from there. For a couple years we lived here but we decided to go up north because our home was just too small for us. The last photo was a picture of her standing at the old lake house Sara laughs. I didn't talk about it too much because there is too many dark things that has happened there.

"Wow, I can't believe that you still have these stupid pictures" Ruby said.

"These are my memories, my only memories...." I mumbled.

"You need to grow up, Mike!" 

"She is dead,  you can't change that"

"No, she isn't dead."

"Prove it!"

"She is in my mind and in my heart."

After that she stormed off into our bedroom, I followed her and she was packing her things.  She was complaining that she wanted more attention than my other wife.  She slapped me across the face and left me alone in my house.