Page 24: Go Away Little Girl
March 20, 2012 Leave a comment
Joe and Sharon were both silent as they slowly walked back to the house. As they passed the apple orchard, the memory of Tessie came to Joe as clear as day. Joe began to speak, retelling the whole accident to Sharon, just as if it was happening right then and there.
Joe confided in Sharon, “It’s my fault she died, you know. I pushed her, and then I just watched her fall. She cried, but I didn’t help her.”
Sharon searched for the words to comfort Joe. “It wasn’t your fault. Ma said that even if the accident happened on the front lawn of the Mayo Clinic, they wouldn’t have been able to save her, and if they would have, she would have been a vegetable her whole life.”
Sharon hesitated for a moment. “What I don’t understand, Joe, is how come you remember Tessie and the accident and you can’t remember anything else?”
“I don’t know,” Joe said solemnly, “but I see her, me and the accident in my sleep almost every night, just like it’s right here happening in front of my eyes.” Joe started to cry again. “She just won’t go away.”
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