The Lake Case

When I finally reached the strange woman named Margaret, all my memories from when I met her were a blur. I wasn't even sure of how I had met her, but I know that we're married. She told me we came for our delayed honeymoon to "The Lake". I don't know how long it will take to remember all those moments with Margaret, but I'm positive that soon everything will be clear for Margaret and me, so we can move on with our lives. I now know that what I should have done years ago was come back to "The Lake" and face the fact that Tally has been gone (dead) all these years. All these years I was holding back on what had happened to Tally, but I just couldn't face reality. Only if I would have accepted what was right in front of me none of this would be happing. I could have been happy with Margaret and remember all the good times we had together. Yes, Tally was and always will be the love of my life, but everyone has to move on at one point. I will always remember how we met and how she would always help me build half the sand castle. The only thing that kept me from coming back was myself, I was afraid to remember the last time I saw her go into the water and never coming back out. The fact that I knew I wouldn't see her anymore hurt me the way nothing else did. After so many years I finally let go of her, but Tally will always be in my heart forever. Every time I go to "The Lake" I always build half of the sand castle the way we had agreed when we were children... It has been seven years since they found Tally's body and I have finally done my life with Margaret. The day after they found Tally's body I told Margaret the whole story, and she understood everything. She knows I kept it from her for such a long time because I was trying to forget everything, and she doesn't blame me for wanting to forget about my past. Now Margaret and I have told each other our childhood stories and are happy to be together.

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