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,
As his eyes well up, he realizesfor the first time how much his grief weighs, how hard it is to even rise with sucha heaviness inside.
She looks down at him for onlya moment before her stare drifts to the couch.
I miss him, too, Jake. More thanyou’ll ever know.
There’s a faraway melancholy tone to her voice, but he knows that 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.
Even just a ride to the grocery store for something Martha may have forgotten, they always went together.
I guess you do know, don’t you, Jake.
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 that next big adventure.
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