Objects: A Short Story

Two weeks passed and it happened again. The urge to go into the room was so strong that I couldn’t ignore the feeling. The rug had an object under it. The object was still as the old man grabbed a chair, lifted it up, and slammed it right on the object with all of his strength. The object was still there. The old man kicked it and hurt his foot and screamed, “Dang, that thing is hard.” It felt like he just kicked a piece of metal. The old man told the object, “You want be tough, oh I’ll show you tough.” The next day, he decides to try his driller. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. Next, he tries to lift up the rug using his bare hands but it felt like the object was attached to the rug on the floor. The man remembers that he has a welding machine he got for Christmas that he has never used. He finally …show more content…
He held the object in his hands and slowly turned it over. In the back, he found a note from his wife who died three weeks ago. The note read, “Under the bed there is a shoe box that contains a key to unlock the object on the floor.” The man stood and put the object on his chair and went to search under the bed as the note promised. He found the key inside the shoe box just as the note said. He went back to the object and put the key in the lock. Once he opened it there was another note that read “I’m sorry for not having the courage to tell you in person but the reason I committed suicide is that I had stage four thyroid cancer. Although the doctor wanted to start chemotherapy, he said it would only extend my life a few months. I couldn’t live with the pain, and didn’t want you to have to either. Please forgive me. I’m so sorry. You will always be my one and only love” After the man read the letter he started to cry, and cry, and cry. He walked slowly to his room. Every step he took he felt as if his heart had been broken. As he lay on his bed he continued to cry and slowly fell asleep never to waken