True Grave
Make The Wrong Things Right
- Joined
- Jun 30, 2010
- Location
- Where The Fight Takes Me
Joseph Wheeler was a kind older man, fifty years of age but still strong as an ox. He had been a wild young man from the age of 13 to 18, fighting on the streets and getting into all sorts of trouble. After nearly ending up in jail, he straightened his life out and went to trade school to become an electrician at the age of 21. When he was 25 with a home of his own, he met a woman named Lauren who he would eventually marry. They had a son named Lawrence and lived the regular life of a middle class family for several years. However, everything had changed five years ago when his wife developed terminal pancreatic cancer.
Lauren fought hard and lived long enough to see their son graduate from high school, but that was as far as she could go. She passed away at home six months later, with Joseph and Lawrence holding her hands and bawling like babies. Her service was held shortly afterward, and keeping with her wishes, she was cremated and her urn was kept on the mantle of their family home. Lawrence went away to college two months later, leaving Joseph alone at home. He still did his electrician job and brought in enough money to live a good life, but was lonely with all of that time alone. Around this time, he got to know his neighbors, the Lamb family.
Ken and his wife Jennifer were a good couple, reminding Joseph of himself and Lauren when they were first starting out. Ken was away from home often for work, so Jennifer ran the house and balanced her own job on top of it. However, this got more difficult when Jennifer got pregnant, and so Joseph stepped up to help her out. He was good with his hands due to his work, so he took care of her yard work, some tough house work, and also did small home repairs. Jennifer had offered to pay him once, but he wouldn't take it. He was acting as a kind neighbor and nothing more.
Today was Sunday, so Joseph was at his church, the First United Methodist Church a half mile from his home. The service had just finished, and he was getting up to leave when Mrs. Knapp approached him, having to look up to speak with him because he was tall at 6'3".
"Where is Mrs. Lamb? She's usually here."
"She's been feeling a bit under the weather lately because of the pregnancy. I'll check on her when I get home."
Satisfied with this, Mrs. Knapp walked away, and Joseph shook hands with the pastor on the way out. Getting into his older model red Ford truck, he drove home and parked it before heading inside. Since he was going to do some handyman work, he put on a brown pair of boots, gray T-shirt, blue overalls, and a green and white hat. Making the short walk next door, Joseph knocked on the door.
"Mrs. Lamb? Are you home?"
Several minutes passed and there was no reply. Joseph's searching blue eyes looked through the window, but could see nothing. He was starting to get a bit worried, hoping nothing was wrong. His son had insisted that he get an Android smartphone, so he had one with Ken's cell number programmed in just in case there was an emergency. It was hot outside, so Joseph removed his hat and wiped some sweat from his brow, revealing a full head of salt and pepper hair turning more aggressively toward salt. Putting his hat back on, he waited patiently for Mrs. Lamb to come to the door.
Lauren fought hard and lived long enough to see their son graduate from high school, but that was as far as she could go. She passed away at home six months later, with Joseph and Lawrence holding her hands and bawling like babies. Her service was held shortly afterward, and keeping with her wishes, she was cremated and her urn was kept on the mantle of their family home. Lawrence went away to college two months later, leaving Joseph alone at home. He still did his electrician job and brought in enough money to live a good life, but was lonely with all of that time alone. Around this time, he got to know his neighbors, the Lamb family.
Ken and his wife Jennifer were a good couple, reminding Joseph of himself and Lauren when they were first starting out. Ken was away from home often for work, so Jennifer ran the house and balanced her own job on top of it. However, this got more difficult when Jennifer got pregnant, and so Joseph stepped up to help her out. He was good with his hands due to his work, so he took care of her yard work, some tough house work, and also did small home repairs. Jennifer had offered to pay him once, but he wouldn't take it. He was acting as a kind neighbor and nothing more.
Today was Sunday, so Joseph was at his church, the First United Methodist Church a half mile from his home. The service had just finished, and he was getting up to leave when Mrs. Knapp approached him, having to look up to speak with him because he was tall at 6'3".
"Where is Mrs. Lamb? She's usually here."
"She's been feeling a bit under the weather lately because of the pregnancy. I'll check on her when I get home."
Satisfied with this, Mrs. Knapp walked away, and Joseph shook hands with the pastor on the way out. Getting into his older model red Ford truck, he drove home and parked it before heading inside. Since he was going to do some handyman work, he put on a brown pair of boots, gray T-shirt, blue overalls, and a green and white hat. Making the short walk next door, Joseph knocked on the door.
"Mrs. Lamb? Are you home?"
Several minutes passed and there was no reply. Joseph's searching blue eyes looked through the window, but could see nothing. He was starting to get a bit worried, hoping nothing was wrong. His son had insisted that he get an Android smartphone, so he had one with Ken's cell number programmed in just in case there was an emergency. It was hot outside, so Joseph removed his hat and wiped some sweat from his brow, revealing a full head of salt and pepper hair turning more aggressively toward salt. Putting his hat back on, he waited patiently for Mrs. Lamb to come to the door.