With Boss...
Boss walked by the river in silence. "Dear Mother, that's what I called you," he whispered to himself. When he got to a certain spot near the river, he began to dig a hole. As he dug it, he had a flashback.
*FLASHBACK*
Boss was only around the age of ten. He was getting ready for school when his mother came into his room. "It's been exactly a year since your father died from that sickness," Dear Mother said with tears in her eyes. "I know," Boss replied. "Dear Father died a year ago." "You remember his helmet, Dear Little One?" Dear Mother. Boss nodded and she continued, "Your father said exactly one year ago to give his helmet to you before he died. He told me to wait until you matured, but on the date that he died."
Dear Mother gave him a shiny helmet that was yellow with a green stripe and a red cresent moon. She then handed him a shovel that was polished to perfection. "That was Dear Grandfather's," she remarked as he put on the too big helmet. Boss grasped the shovel and said, "I'll love it forever, Dear Mother."
Dear Mother smiled through her tears as Boss hugged her. "I will also love you forever, too," he said. "I'm going to take this to school and show it during show and tell." "Do that, Dear Little One," Dear Mother replied.
Boss tried to stuff the shovel in his backpack. Before he left to catch the school bus, Dear Mother said, "Boss, I love you." She never said his real name unless it was something tragic. "I will love you for eternity," Dear Mother cried as Boss closed the door behind himself.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
Boss put the bouquet in the hole and hastily burried it. He walked to a tree nearby and had more flashbacks.
*FLASHBACK*
Boss got off the schoolbus and rushed inside. "Dear Mother!" he shouted in joy. "Everyone loved my helmet and shovel!" After hearing no reply, he looked in the kitchen and in the family room. Boss knew she was home because when he came in, the front door was unlocked. He raced to her bedroom and stopped dead.
On the bed was Dear Mother. "Dear Mother...," Boss whispered. "Are you asleep?" When he approached her, he screamed. There was his Dear Mother, dead. Boss shook her over and over again, but she didn't even look alive. Only when he looked closely enough, he saw what happened. His Dear Mother had commited suicide because she was too lonely to go on. Boss screamed and said, "Dear Mother! Dear Mother! You're not dead! YOU'RE NOT DEAD!!!" He pushed his face into her chest and sobbed perpetually.
Boss finally picked up the phone and dialed 911. "Hello?" the operator answered. "Uh...something has happened at my house," Boss replied. "What has happened?" the operator asked. "If we do not know what has happened, we cannot aid you." "MY DEAR MOTHER'S DEAD!!!" Boss screamed and started to sob again. "Calm down," the operator remarked. "We'll send two officers out there. It'll be a few minutes. Thank you."
When the two police officers reached the house, they rang the doorbell. Boss raced to let them in. He was trying hard to keep the tears from coming down. "Hello, we were sent out here," the first police officer said. "I am Officer Tom and he is Officer Bob."
*INTERUPTING THOUGHT*
Boss remembered Officer Tom and Officer Bob from the three weeks. I forgot I new them then, Boss thought.
Boss walked by the river in silence. "Dear Mother, that's what I called you," he whispered to himself. When he got to a certain spot near the river, he began to dig a hole. As he dug it, he had a flashback.
*FLASHBACK*
Boss was only around the age of ten. He was getting ready for school when his mother came into his room. "It's been exactly a year since your father died from that sickness," Dear Mother said with tears in her eyes. "I know," Boss replied. "Dear Father died a year ago." "You remember his helmet, Dear Little One?" Dear Mother. Boss nodded and she continued, "Your father said exactly one year ago to give his helmet to you before he died. He told me to wait until you matured, but on the date that he died."
Dear Mother gave him a shiny helmet that was yellow with a green stripe and a red cresent moon. She then handed him a shovel that was polished to perfection. "That was Dear Grandfather's," she remarked as he put on the too big helmet. Boss grasped the shovel and said, "I'll love it forever, Dear Mother."
Dear Mother smiled through her tears as Boss hugged her. "I will also love you forever, too," he said. "I'm going to take this to school and show it during show and tell." "Do that, Dear Little One," Dear Mother replied.
Boss tried to stuff the shovel in his backpack. Before he left to catch the school bus, Dear Mother said, "Boss, I love you." She never said his real name unless it was something tragic. "I will love you for eternity," Dear Mother cried as Boss closed the door behind himself.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
Boss put the bouquet in the hole and hastily burried it. He walked to a tree nearby and had more flashbacks.
*FLASHBACK*
Boss got off the schoolbus and rushed inside. "Dear Mother!" he shouted in joy. "Everyone loved my helmet and shovel!" After hearing no reply, he looked in the kitchen and in the family room. Boss knew she was home because when he came in, the front door was unlocked. He raced to her bedroom and stopped dead.
On the bed was Dear Mother. "Dear Mother...," Boss whispered. "Are you asleep?" When he approached her, he screamed. There was his Dear Mother, dead. Boss shook her over and over again, but she didn't even look alive. Only when he looked closely enough, he saw what happened. His Dear Mother had commited suicide because she was too lonely to go on. Boss screamed and said, "Dear Mother! Dear Mother! You're not dead! YOU'RE NOT DEAD!!!" He pushed his face into her chest and sobbed perpetually.
Boss finally picked up the phone and dialed 911. "Hello?" the operator answered. "Uh...something has happened at my house," Boss replied. "What has happened?" the operator asked. "If we do not know what has happened, we cannot aid you." "MY DEAR MOTHER'S DEAD!!!" Boss screamed and started to sob again. "Calm down," the operator remarked. "We'll send two officers out there. It'll be a few minutes. Thank you."
When the two police officers reached the house, they rang the doorbell. Boss raced to let them in. He was trying hard to keep the tears from coming down. "Hello, we were sent out here," the first police officer said. "I am Officer Tom and he is Officer Bob."
*INTERUPTING THOUGHT*
Boss remembered Officer Tom and Officer Bob from the three weeks. I forgot I new them then, Boss thought.