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Chapter Seven- A Golden Moment
Jack slowly laid the letter into the treasure box and with a click, the box closed. Getting up, he tried his hardest to keep a calm head upon his shoulders. It didn't work. Sarah knew where he wanted to be all along and all she wanted to do was help him get to that point...
And, you had to kill her. Collapsing in bed, Jack closed his eyes tightly, trying with all his might to ignore every word of his conscience.
- - -
His legs had the same dead feeling as when he was at the hospital. It was after the funeral, and all of Sarah's close family and friends were walking back to their cars. The air around Jack was almost suffocating as he walked, but he knew it was just his imagination. Following behind a small family, Jack could hear a few of the words of their conversation. "Yes, she was a lovely girl... beautiful eyes, don't you think?" The wife's arm was linked in her husband's, and she looked up at him expectantly.
"Oh, yes, she was a gem. It's too bad she had to get in that car accident..."
"Shh, dear, not in front of the children."
Jack looked at his feet as he continued to his car. No one deserved to look at him. A loud voice caused him to raise his head, however. "Yes, I'm here in Sam's place. He would've loved to see her funeral. But... death happens, and old Sam hasn't been around for a few months now, I believe." A bulky man in his middle thirties was seen talking to a group of women. His large smile shone brightly compared to his dark tan. His hair was cut short on the top of his head, and his whole body had an almost squarish look to it. The ladies around him seemed more interested in this man then the actual funeral.
Disgusted, Jack paid no attention to the women. Instead, he wanted to know more about this guy. He said he knew Sam, and from the sound of it, they seemed pretty close. "Excuse me!" He raised his hand to show the man who had called him, and ran up beside the group. "I heard you know- er, I mean, knew a Sam? Does he..." He prepared for a few laughs. His question suddenly sounded stupid. "...happen to own a farm?"
"DID own, my boy," the muscular man said, hitting Jack on the shoulder. Jack saw stars. "I was his shipper when his barn was in the best shape of its life." A dreamy look crossed the man's face as he said this, and his eyes looked up at the sky. Catching himself, he shook his head quickly, and laid on another one of his giant smiles. "The name's Zack, my boy." He raised his hand to hit Jack on the shoulder again, but Jack hastily grabbed it to shake it. Zack seemed confused, but shook back after a few seconds. "You seem interested in all of this." He looked at him suspiciously. "Why would a city boy like you want to know about Sam? Or a farm, for that matter?"
Jack placed a hand behind his head nervously. "Well... Sarah was my girlfriend, sir." These words hurt to say, but he continued. "She knew Sam. She had been to his farm before and he had wanted her to come back."
"Ah yes... the city girl. She was full of life, she was. She would always tell us that she would come back very soon." Zack frowned. "I never saw her again."
"Why didn't she ever come back?"
"How should I know? She seemed to love it. But, I'm betting she became more interested in whatever was happening in the city then what our little town had to offer, so she never came." Zack crossed his arms. "Old Sam had even sent her a letter, but no reply came back. He decided to not bother her after that."
"But, she did reply!" Jack burst out.
"My boy, if she had, we would've receiv-"
"I found the letter that she was supposed to use to reply back to Sam's. It said that she knew someone who would love to take the farm. It was... supposed to be sent a few days ago."
"Why would she wait so long to reply back?" The women were slowly leaving the two men alone. This conversation didn't appeal to them.
"It's Sarah, who knows?" Jack smiled fondly. "She always had a weird way of things. Maybe, she wanted to surprise me, and didn't want to send the letter until then..."
"Yeah, I guess." Zack shrugged and grinned at Jack. "So, who's this person she was talking about?"
Jack kicked the dirt with his boot. "Me."
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, that was so shocking!!!
