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- I hope that by sleeping into the darkness of a nap, I will temporarily mask my sorrow.
- The sickness took Max quickly rather than dragging out the pain for weeks, maybe even months.
- Jake's eyes snap open, he quickly turns to the side. But like his aching heart, the spot where Max always sat on the couch remains empty. He takes in a deep breath - really more of a sigh- and squeezes his eyes closed, hoping that by slipping into the darkness of a nap, he will temporary mask his sorrow.
- Unable to sleep , he looks around the all too empty room, letting his gaze fall upon the leash, which still hangs from the peg by the door.
- It seems to wait patiently, ever ready for the next big adventure.
- For 15 years, they were inseparable. Always side by side. The walks on the beach with the gentle waves calling, the seagulls cawing. All those hikes on the trail where the trees canopied over like arches, wrapping them in a soft cool shade on a hot sunny day. Even just a ride to the grocery store for something Martha may have forgotten, they always went together.
- I thought you might be here. I miss him, too, Jake. More than you'll ever know.
- Though he knows in some way he should be thankful for just-having their time together-those moments forever etched in his heart - and that the sickness took Max quickly rather than dragging out the pain for weeks, maybe even months, he still feel cheated. That Somehow, he is missing the years that could have been.
- I guess you do know, don't you, Jake.
- Unable to sleep, he looks around the all empty room, letting his gaze fall upon the leash, which still hangs from the peg by the door. it seems to wait patiently, ever ready for that next big adventure. As his eyes well up, he realizes for the first time how much his grief weighs, how hard it is even to rise with such a heaviness inside.
- It is then he hears a shuffle from behind and turns to see Martha standing in the doorway, her shoulder resting against the frame. " I thought you might be in here", she says. She looks down at him for only a moment before her stare drifts to the couch. "I miss him, too, Jake. More than you'll ever know".
- There's a faraway melancholy tone to her voice, but he knows her heart, like his, has a hole too big to fill. His head drops and he gives off another long sigh, which seems to prompt her to come over and kneel down onto the carpet beside him. She slides a hand under his chin and lifts it up, then tucks back his long, floppy ears, such that their teary eyes can meet." I guess you do know, don't you, Jake."
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