As Chris turned the corner, he saw the ship sailing slowly out of sight, a single tear dropped from his eye, he called out for his dog, and walked slowly in heavy motion, he was wearing an old cow-boy hat that he inherent from his grandfather, leather brown bag, old jeans, black V-neck t-shirt, and his favourite boots, as he was walking he lighted up a cigarette then he just stub it out.
He kneed on one knee to play with his dog, he got a beautiful American Pit Bull Terrier dog medium-sized, solidly built, and short coated, “Yes, I know, and that is why I stub it out, well Max, it is just you and me, for now, Yes, for now”, he said. Then he got into his truck and drove to a small bar in the corner after a gas station.
He sat in the bar and ordered a drink, took out from his pocket an old pocket watch with fixed time, that means the world to him, and a printed name, he opened and closed the watch several times, his mind was not attached to his body at that moment, he was thinking of the old days, and the only word that has been going through his mind is “If Only”. “Earth to Chris” said the bartender who seemed to be calling out for Chris for a while; “Oh, I am sorry, I did not hear you, how is Jane?”
“It is ok, and Jane is fine, actually she is worried about you man! Are okay?” asked the bartender.
“Yes, I am good really, so no need to worry, hey look I have few things to take care of, so catch you later? And please tell Jane I said hi” answered Chris.
“well, I do not want to hold you back, but you have to come for dinner tomorrow, and man, you have to talk about this to Jane, she is going crazy!” the bartender said.
“okay, okay, I will stop by tomorrow, and seriously there is nothing to talk about, see you.” Said Chris as he grabbed his hat and walked out of the bar, heading home, feeling bad to lie to his friend and his sister, but he just did not feel like talking about it to anyone, at least not at the moment, he is trying to block that