“Sir, we are here.” Carl announced to Garth bringing him out of his reverie. Garth looked out from his car window and spotted the Police Station the he first met Alicia.
Garth got down from the car and made his way into the building. A line of constables stood at the entrance and handed him one envelop each.
The chief inspector smiled at Garth and gave him the large box packed in colorful sheets. After handing him everything, all of them left the room giving Garth to his privacy.
Garth got about seven envelops. He started opening one by one and found the paintings of him and his Alicia’s first meet there at the police station. Whoever drew the painting to reminisce these moments must be very imaginative to nail every detail of it.
Garth suddenly felt jealous and angry that someone else painted his beautiful Alicia. He wanted to rip the hands of that man who painted them so that he would never be able to make details of his Alicia ever.
A soft smile spread on Garth’s face looking through the picture painting and kissed each of it to take in the warmth of their memories.
After long minutes of adoring the pictures of his Alicia, he set them aside carefully and went towards the large wrapped box given by the Chief.
He squatted down and started unwrapping the box with excitement clear in his eyes. His hands were getting impatient and unsteady wanting to know what surprise is inside that darned box.
With a long impatient tear, he opened it and found something which made him chuckle and a tsunami of warm tingles filled inside body.
There on the large stand, is the huge car tire that he remember too well. But the tire is not in its old state and is filled with the photograph and collages of both of their memories of the past two years. The whole tire is transformed into something like a time machine wheel.
Garth’s eyes once again filled with unshed tears of happiness. Anything related to Alicia is his life and he would keep it close to his heart and Alicia in his heart.
There’s yet again a yellow letter attached to the tire stand. He picked up the letter and opened it with an excited and a smile which shows his love for his wife.
‘A tire of reminiscences,
A wheel of memories,
Made you happy,
When you distanced one of its part.
You can forget them,
But I can never,
Unable to leave them when they are imprinted in my heart.
Spouse can leave you but love cannot,
Waiting for you at the place where we became one forever.
I love you, My Husband, My Garth Kowalski.’
Putting the precious letter into his pocket, he got the tire and the painting pictures and carefully placed them into the car. Garth’s butler who was waiting for his master could only smile fondly at his master’s never leaving smile...