Chapter 12: Madison (2)
"Come on, I'll show you the room." Then he led her down the hall and opened the door to the former office/storage room. It had an empty desk in one corner and a small pile of boxes in the other. Seeing the boxes, Jack was reminded that he still needed to take Fran's things and donate them to the woman's shelter. While we wanted to just go to his room and dive into his soul space, he also didn't want to leave Madison alone. Still, he needed to go get her an air mattress, and he might as well make the donation trip while he was at it.
"So...I was thinking," he paused, "since I have to go out to buy an air mattress, I figured I might as well take care of donating Fran's things as well."
She nodded. "That makes sense." Then she pointed at the small pile of boxes in the corner, "are those it?"
"Yeah, that's most of it. But I still have a few of Fran's things I need to pack. I...was not looking forward to it. So, I've been putting it off."
"Do you want help?"
"Yes!" he blurted. He really didn't want to deal with the emotions that would almost certainly get dredged up as he was packing her remaining clothes. "Do you mind if you do it by yourself?"
She shook her head. "No, I don't mind."
"Great, let me grab a box. The sooner you're done, the sooner I can get going and get back."
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