Beyond Old Scars

Ashes and Keys

Todays the day I pick up my mother's ashes, my father had her cremated so he didn't have to look at her anymore for the "Sin" she caused. Even though it was he who drove her to that choice, I never blamed her once but I wish she would've held on for just five more days; I feel like it's my fault.

Lucifer drives me to the morgue here in town; that I didn't even know we had. He stayed quiet the whole time, probably because he saw tears running down my face; so he just holds my leg while my hand is on top of his. We pull into the parking space ten minutes after the place opened. Lucifer gives me a reassuring smile and kisses me to let me know he will be there and it's alright. After we get my mother I will go over to that house and collect her things, it's mostly clothes and some jewelry. I want to go into the attic like my mother said in her note; she said that there is something important I should see up there before I decide to marry.

We walk in, Lucifer's hand is on the small of my back; I focus on his touch. We go up to the woman standing behind the counter, she seems nice.

"Hello, how may I help you today" She asks, her voice sounds soft like my mother's and I start to tear up again.

"I-uh, I'm here for my mother's ashes; last name is James"

"Yes, I have her right here. So that makes you Alice, correct?"

"How did you know my name?"

"Well in your mother's will she stated that you receive all of her belongings, there is a key attached to her ashes, do you know what it's for?"

The attic, what is she hiding up there? I think to myself

"Uh, no, I don't know what it's for" This lady doesn't need to know anything about it.

"Let's go Alice; does her father have a piece of paper letting him know that she is coming to take things?" Lucifer pipes in, noticing how uncomfortable I am getting.

The lady smiles, her teeth are broken and messed up but the rest of her looks nice, pretty. "Yes, he does; here are the ashes"

"Thank you" I say as I grab my mother's erne and take the key off of it, holding it close to me.

"Alice, do you know what that key is for?"

"Yes, the attic"

"The attic" Lucifer questions, sounding unsure

"Trust me; something important is in that attic"

Before we go over to my father's house, we go back to ours; we place momma on the mantle above the fireplace and we grab four large boxes. Now, we are heading to Father's house, it's not that long of a drive and I'm hoping my father isn't there. If my father is here I will hit him, I don't care who sees me do it.