Good Byes Are Forever
CHAPTER ONE
"Dad?" Maddy called from the attic she was cleaning, preparing for the move.
"Yes?" Nick asked, walking up a few stairs.
"Could you come up here?" she asked.
Nick walked the rest of the way up slowly. Old age was beginning to catch up with him. He saw his daughter, who had turned into a young lady over night, sitting in front of an old trunk. He smiled at the memories in that trunk.
"I found your old things from New York," she smiled up at her father who was adjusting his glasses on his nose.
"I see you have," he smiled, looking into the trunk. There was all his old things, newspaper clippings, and nick-naks. He picked up his old bowler hat and put it on.
"Do you want to keep this stuff?" She asked.
"Yes I do," he said. "It keeps me young," he smiled.
Maddy took out an old photo album. "What's this?" she asked.
Nick smiled. "Those are pictures of my friends from very long ago," he sat down next to her and opened the first page. "This is Jack and Racetrack" he turned the page. "This is Firecracker and Mush. two of my best friends" he smiled thinking of them. "They still live in New York." He turned the next page and saw a picture he had forgotten about. He stared at it; suddenly memories came rushing back to him.
"Dad, who's that? She's beautiful." Maddy asked. The girl was looking slightly over he shoulder at the photographer. Wind was blowing a few strands of her long, wavy brown hair back in her face. Her big eyes were looking back lovingly at camera, showing she cared for the person taking the picture.
"That. is the love of my life," he said, running his wrinkly fingers over the picture and remembering how it felt to touch her.
"But she doesn't look like Ma," she said, looking up at him.
"She's not your Mother," he said softly.
"Then who?" She asked.
"She was. so beautiful," He said looking at her eyes, almost hearing her voice again calling his name. "We were in love. I was planning on marrying her," he told his daughter. "But. I lost her," he said, his eyes becoming distant.
"How?" she asked.
"Well." he cleared his throat. "We had been seeing each other for almost a year, and were more in love than anyone it seemed." He looked down.
"One night, I was waiting for her in Central Park. we were going to have a picnic. But someone else was also waiting for her. someone who wanted her back."
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"Specs! Hey Specs!" Gip called from across the street.
Specs smiled and walked across the street. "Yer late," he smiled and kissed her.
Gip smiled. "Oh shuddap" she giggled and kissed him again. "Sorry I'm late"
He smiled, "I'd wait forever for you,"
Gip smiled back and blushed, looking down. "I know you would."
He smiled and slipped an arm around her. "Come on, le's go to da Park."
Gip nodded. "I made us dinner," she said, holding up the basket. "But I stole the basket from Bailey so we gotta bring it back," she said with a smile.
He chuckled and pulled her closer. They continued to walk to the park, talking and laughing.
A dark figure looked their way when he heard her voice. He dropped his cigarette and glared. "My my my. Gypsy my sweet" he said following them, staying back so they wouldn't see him.
CHAPTER ONE
"Dad?" Maddy called from the attic she was cleaning, preparing for the move.
"Yes?" Nick asked, walking up a few stairs.
"Could you come up here?" she asked.
Nick walked the rest of the way up slowly. Old age was beginning to catch up with him. He saw his daughter, who had turned into a young lady over night, sitting in front of an old trunk. He smiled at the memories in that trunk.
"I found your old things from New York," she smiled up at her father who was adjusting his glasses on his nose.
"I see you have," he smiled, looking into the trunk. There was all his old things, newspaper clippings, and nick-naks. He picked up his old bowler hat and put it on.
"Do you want to keep this stuff?" She asked.
"Yes I do," he said. "It keeps me young," he smiled.
Maddy took out an old photo album. "What's this?" she asked.
Nick smiled. "Those are pictures of my friends from very long ago," he sat down next to her and opened the first page. "This is Jack and Racetrack" he turned the page. "This is Firecracker and Mush. two of my best friends" he smiled thinking of them. "They still live in New York." He turned the next page and saw a picture he had forgotten about. He stared at it; suddenly memories came rushing back to him.
"Dad, who's that? She's beautiful." Maddy asked. The girl was looking slightly over he shoulder at the photographer. Wind was blowing a few strands of her long, wavy brown hair back in her face. Her big eyes were looking back lovingly at camera, showing she cared for the person taking the picture.
"That. is the love of my life," he said, running his wrinkly fingers over the picture and remembering how it felt to touch her.
"But she doesn't look like Ma," she said, looking up at him.
"She's not your Mother," he said softly.
"Then who?" She asked.
"She was. so beautiful," He said looking at her eyes, almost hearing her voice again calling his name. "We were in love. I was planning on marrying her," he told his daughter. "But. I lost her," he said, his eyes becoming distant.
"How?" she asked.
"Well." he cleared his throat. "We had been seeing each other for almost a year, and were more in love than anyone it seemed." He looked down.
"One night, I was waiting for her in Central Park. we were going to have a picnic. But someone else was also waiting for her. someone who wanted her back."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Specs! Hey Specs!" Gip called from across the street.
Specs smiled and walked across the street. "Yer late," he smiled and kissed her.
Gip smiled. "Oh shuddap" she giggled and kissed him again. "Sorry I'm late"
He smiled, "I'd wait forever for you,"
Gip smiled back and blushed, looking down. "I know you would."
He smiled and slipped an arm around her. "Come on, le's go to da Park."
Gip nodded. "I made us dinner," she said, holding up the basket. "But I stole the basket from Bailey so we gotta bring it back," she said with a smile.
He chuckled and pulled her closer. They continued to walk to the park, talking and laughing.
A dark figure looked their way when he heard her voice. He dropped his cigarette and glared. "My my my. Gypsy my sweet" he said following them, staying back so they wouldn't see him.