In the short story, “Redeployment” we see Sgt. Price coming home from a 7 month deployment in Iraq and he has to adjust to things the way they used to be. The main thing he noticed the most is how his dog Vicar got more and more sick over the years.
Vicar throwing up in the house was the final straw. My wife wanted to take Vicar to the vet but I made an argument saying that I can do it myself for free and not waste any money for someone to do the same thing he can do. Making my own own decision and being the rebel I am I take Vicar out late at night behind my wife’s back to the trail we normally would go to. I thought it would be a very simple procedure because I’ve shot many dogs during my deployment. I take my rifle and load it with the one bullet I would need and as I’m about to pull the trigger all these memories of the three of us come to mind and how happy my wife was and I feel like she would be devastated to see me go behind her back like this. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and pulled the trigger aiming right between the eyes. I came home with a trash bag that Vicar’s body was in and the entire ride home I had no idea how I was gonna play this the next morning when she would ask where Vicar has gone. I come in turn on the lights and there she is sitting on the couch with her arms and legs crossed giving me the death stare. She notices that Vicar was missing and not sleeping in the bed he usually sleeps in. Without saying a word she grabs the trash bag and dumps out the body onto the floor with blood splattering everywhere. I saw tears go down her cheeks and she began sobbing. I try comforting her but she pushes me away and goes back to our bedroom. I stand there for a few minutes thinking to myself, “what have I done?” I go to our bedroom to talk to her about this and she already has a bag packed ready to leave. Not telling me where she’s going or what her plan is she leaves the house with everything she owns and ever since that night I haven’t seen or heard from her since. I knew i just made the biggest mistake of my life because two of the most valuable things in my life are now gone and I feel like I have nothing to live for anymore.
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