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on the couch. He hid his face in his hands. Jason sat beside him.
“Why?” Danny asked.
“I don’t know, man.” Jason replied.
“She was so beautiful. Free spirited and always helped others. She was perfect. Why couldn’t it have been me? If I stayed a little longer I could have died and gotten her to safety and she would be here right now.” Danny said.
“Don’t think that way. There is a lot of what if’s but what happened happened and what doesn’t kill you can only make you stronger.” Jason replied trying to give him so uplifting advice but he knew nothing he could say could bring his friend up right now. Danny felt terrible. As if a hole was in his heart. He loved Linda with all his heart. They talked about growing old and having kids but now, he has nothing. Danny walked outside and sat on the edge of the dock and watched as the sun set. His mind drifted and he ended up sitting there all night. In the morning Jason came back to check on Danny but when he saw he was in the exact spot that he left him, he began to get worried.
“Danny?” Jason asked. Danny sat there lifelessly. Jason walked up behind him and placed a hand on Danny’s shoulder. Danny grabbed Jason’s hand and squeezed it so tightly that his circulation was getting cut off. Jason tried pulling his hand away but Danny was too strong. “Danny, come on. Let go!” Jason yelled helplessly. Danny let go.
“Talk to me.” Jason said as he stretched his hand that feeling had just came back to.
“What do you expect me to say?” Danny asked as he shook his head. Jason mumbled to himself. “Do you want me to say that I think about her everyday? Do you want me to say that some days I wish that I didn’t wake up? I try so hard to act like a man but all I want to do is crumble into a ball and cry all day long. Is that what you want me to say? Because I could say all that but it wouldn’t make a difference.” Danny said and walked towards his house. He went inside and leaned against his kitchen counter as Jason followed him and stopped in the door way. Danny traced his hands on the granite counter.
“Say it if it will make you feel better.” Jason said.
“You know what will make me feel better!” Danny exploded. “To have my wife here under my arm like every morning! That’s what will make me feel better but that’s not going to happen.” Danny told him.
“I can’t even pretend to know what your going through because I don’t have any clue.” Jason began to say.
“You’re right! You don’t have a fucking clue! To know that I’m widowed and that my wife died right in these hands, is heart breaking.” Danny interrupted as he held out his hands. Danny started to cry but he stopped himself. He put two hands on the granite and looked at Linda’s cooking books and her cooking jars. He then wiped his hands all through the counter smashing the books and glass jars on the floor. The glass shattered just like his tears. “I can’t do it any longer.” Danny mumbled as he looked at his cut hands. A drip of blood fell from his ring finger. It shattered like glass as it hit the floor. Danny leaned back to the counter and slid down to the floor. He sat there, staring at the drip of blood that shattered. Jason sat on the floor with Danny.
“I’m here for you.” Jason said. Danny couldn’t hear what Jason said. His mind was else where. He was thinking about Linda and there last conversation.
“Danny.” She said as she smiled. She stood up and kissed him. Danny embraced her.
“I’ve missed you, Linds.” He said. She pulled away from his hug.
“Don’t you think I’ve missed you?” She asked.
“I know you miss me. I just hate that we have to struggle to make time for each other.” Danny said.
“That’s why I love you. You would do anything for me. I don’t know what my life would be without you.” Linda said. A tear rolled down his face as he reminisced about Linda. He couldn’t grasp the fact that she would never walk through that day again. That that kiss was the last kiss he would ever feel. He couldn’t accept that because then that would mean that she was really gone.Jason washed Danny’s hands as Danny thought of his last time with Linda. Danny snapped back to reality. He stood up and walked to the end of the dock. The dock was Linda’s favorite part of the house. She loved watching the sunset and rise. He stood at the end of the dock. Jason watched from the house. Jason knew something was weird. He looked carefully at Danny. Danny fell face first in the water. Jason ran up from behind him.
“Danny, No!” Jason screamed. He sprinted to the water and dived in searching for Danny. He found him and pulled him back out of the water. Jason pulled him onto shore. Jason pounded on Danny’s chest. Danny coughed up water. “Are you crazy?” Jason asked him.
“Why did you save me?” Danny asked.
“Because! You just tried to commit suicide! Its bad enough that Linda’s gone but you don’t have to be gone too!” He told Danny. “I know you miss her, I miss her too, but that doesn’t mean you kill yourself. You will get through this Danny and I will help.” Jason told him.
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