The Perfect Cast by Chapin T. K

Author:Chapin, T. K. [Chapin, T. K.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-04-13T07:00:00+00:00

Walking back to the farm, they came across the bridge and spotted Jess’s grandpa up near the root cellar. It appeared he had been waiting for Jess’s return.

“I have something I want to give you,” Roy said. “Come with me.” Jess followed Roy into the root cellar, and Levi stayed outside.

“It’s dark in here… is there a light?” Jess asked. Roy reached past Jess and flipped on a light switch. The light hanging from the ceiling flickered as it came on. Looking across the room, Jess saw various pottery and stuff that appeared to have been sitting there for a long time, judging by the dirt and dust. Her eyes fell on a pink broken bike with a basket on the front. She recalled her mother telling her about it. She had ridden it to her friend Fay’s house up the road after school when she was ten-years-old. She would put her dolls in the basket and give them a ride to their friend’s house.

“That was my mom’s bike, wasn’t it?”

Roy turned to look at it. “Yep, it was.”

“What happened to it?”

Roy kept his eyes locked on the bike. “She outgrew it.”

“It’s busted though…”

Roy looked over at Jess as tears welled up in his eyes. “I did that. It was after Lucille had passed… I had to get away from all the people up at the farmhouse that were there for the wake after the funeral. I came down to the root cellar to hide, and that’s when it happened… I broke it out of anger.”

“You were angry so you broke her bike?”

“I was angry at God. Then after I thrashed the root cellar, I dropped to my knees and realized I needed God more than ever. That’s when I started coming here daily to pray.”

Then she saw Roy reach up to a shelf. Leaning over to one side of him, she watched as he pulled down an old and dusty fishing pole. Turning to Jess, he handed it to her.

“This was your Grandma’s pole.” Roy’s lips quivered for a moment, before tightly clasping together.

“But why are you giving it to me?” Jess asked, running her fingers along the pole down to the reel.

“Have a seat,” her grandpa said, taking a seat on a cement bench. Jess sat down and became nervous.

“What is it?” Jess asked, setting the pole down in her lap as she searched his face for clues to what was going on. “Tell me…”

“I want you to have it. Your grandma has been gone for a while now, and it’s better if it got some use instead of collecting dust.”

“So you’re okay? Like health-wise?”

“Yes, I’m fine.”

A sense of relief rushed over Jess. She knew her mother would be in shambles if anything bad was going on with his health. With the whole split from Dad, her mother had been barely able to handle being out of creamer for her morning coffee, let alone something that would actually matter and impact her life.

“Well that’s good.” Jess brought the pole up to her eyes and she inspected the pole further.

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