Clover Grace | Jerry’s Husband 🍀

Huh

Yes very much

Oh….its you

Jerry sneezed as he dug through the box he found in the attic. He and Mabel were cleaning it out and he had found a large box, seemingly full of stuff from….his father. He cursed under his breath, tossing out old papers and clothes.

“Find anything cool in there?” Mabel teased, trying on a large coat and looking at herself in the mirror. Jerry laughed, “nah, just junk…” he pulled out a small box with pictures inside. His heart sank as he saw the first picture. He dropped the box and stood up, tears pricking his eyes. He remembered their eyes, the stares they gave, the flash of the camera. He could hear himself calling for his father, over and over and over….

“DAD!” Mabel’s voice snapped him out of it and he glanced down at her. “Are you okay? What happened-“ her eyes hit the scattered pictures on the ground as she saw them. Her face went red and she looked back up, “who…what?” He wiped his eyes and looked away, “don’t worry about it…”

“Are these…of you?”

He nodded.

“Why would your dad have naked pictures of you as a kid? Was he….”

Jerry winced, “I don’t even know. All I know is that he…sold them…” his voice shook with pain. Mabel took his hand, “you need a break? We can go downstairs.”

He didn’t respond.

“Does your mom know?”

“No! And under no circumstances will she know. Got it? This stays a secret between you and me!”

Mabel nodded gently, “of course. I have an idea.”

He raised an eyebrow.

“I think you need to let go of all this. So let’s burn the box. All of it.” She bent down to pick up the pictures, making sure to not look. He knelt down too, piling them all back in the box. He closed it and picked the box up, “you think this will work?”

Mabel nodded, “yeah.”