Theo could clearly remember the last time he saw Daisy. They were on the porch of her parents house and he promised her he would come back. “I don’t know how long I’ll be gone, but I’m going to get money for us, I’ll get us a home.” She promised she’d wait.
He didn’t think he would be gone for eight years, but that was the life of a sailor. When he was let out of the Navy he had a chance for a job at sea which would give him enough money for a mortgage. Though he didn’t really have a chance to keep in touch he for some reason assumed she would wait.
It became clearer to him as he approached the house, that she hadn’t waited. He got the address from her mother, but he couldn’t help but wish she had just told him no. Somehow this was much more painful. He swallowed thickly as he raised his fist to knock at the front door, scared of who he might meet on the other side.
War and sea had been tough on him. He looked more aged, more ragged. The sweet boy that she may have once known was replaced by a tired man riddled with ptsd, not that he’d ever really comment on it. While his laughter still escaped him, he had more tics. One thing that didn’t change however, was his love for Daisy. He didn’t stop thinking about her for a moment. Not once.