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My C.J.C Story

The Day He Left By Esther Kelly

//  He couldn’t tell them, it would just upset them even more than when They called him away. // //  He had to tell them he was doing it for them so they could have enough to eat each day (tell us they are poor without telling us!), but he couldn’t bring himself to say it. // //  Charlie began packing for the long journey, his wife Julia walked in. As He tried desperately to hide the suitcase; a look of shock grew over Julia’s face. Charlie looked at the floor knowing that this was the moment he had tried to avoid. // //  “What’s the suitcase for?”   // //  “I have to leave, but I didn’t know how to tell you.”   // //  Julia put her hand on Charlie’s, and looked up at him. // //  “So where are you going and how are you going to tell Mother and Jenny?”   // //  “I’m going to tell them now”   // //  Charlie wandered slowly into the Kitchen where Jenny was eating the last of the bread of all the food that was left. // //  “Jenny”   // //  “Yes, Daddy?”   // //  “Daddy’s going away for a while so I can get you a nice dress instead of that dirty torn one you’re wearing”   // //  “Oh, Daddy don’t go” Jenny cried for her father. // //  “Where are you going?” his mother shouted from her sick bed. // //  “I am going to get a job to keep you alive and well” he said with tears streaming down his face “I got it for you”. // //  And at that moment they all set off on their long journey to the train station to say their tearful goodbyes. // //  At the train station everyone was distraught, as they saw the amount of people around they thought they may lose their Father, Son or Husband forever instead of just being away for a little while. // //  As Charlie boarded the train he remembered the great times he had with his family. //