The silence was deafening

Hide the evidence

I have watched crime shows in the past where criminals must hide a body to not get caught. Sometimes they would cut the body into pieces or stuff the body into a suitcase then sprinkle lye all over the flesh. I decided to go with the second option and stuff the body into a suitcase. Our family went traveling often so we had many luggage choices. Ma's suitcase had a white background with bright yellow flowers in it that matched  her favourite dress. I went further into the cupboard under the stairs and found Dad's old suitcase, it was pretty large and heavy so that would be good. I spent the rest of the day and night covering Margs body in  plastic wrap and duct tape thick enough so it was impossible to see through. I closed the suitcase and put it back where I found it in the back of the cupboard under the stairs. 

Then i cleaned up the house and threw away all the powder, cigars and alcohol bottles. After all was done i took a short shower and and went to sleep with no meal because Marg was the only one who had the privilege of eating anything and there was nothing to eat anyways. I pulled the covers over my cold, bony body and stared at the moon. As a child I wondered many things about the moon: Was there someone stranded there? Are aliens real? Will humans migrate to the moon and not Mars? Now that i'm older those things are child's imagination. I fell asleep shortly after brooding.