Tombstone Estate

[Doc Holliday]

A small shuttle landed in what was the front yard. Doc exited the shuttle and entered the now abandoned mansion in his trench coat. He wasn't prepared for just how cold it was.
"Damn it's cold in here," he shivered as he went to the thermostat. With a few button pushes and a turn, the heating system came to life. "Well, at least that works."
As the house warmed up, he slowly walked through. It was much as he had left it, clean and well maintained. As he passed though, the past depressed him a bit. The smiling Kusari girl he was once married to seemed to still be in the kitchen making Mahi fish after her welcome home embrace and kiss while Emiko would come running to him. But, they weren't there now. Only the memories remained.

Doc had been alone now for some time and it was wearing on him. There was a time in his life where companionship meant little. After what was a good marriage and the loss of his once fine home to the climate change of Gran Canaria, he was a somber man and often on edge. Old memories didn't help.

He poured a drink of brandy and sat in a chair in his West room which was still as it was before he left. Pictures of a lifetime ago, dimly lit and his baby grand piano were there. It was the room where he did his thinking. He sipped his drink as he looked around. Thoughts of selling the whole thing crossed his mind but he spoke out loud, "I couldn't give away this ice cube!" It was liveable but he had no one to share it with, no one would want to live in such a place now and to live in it alone was depressing. For now it was like old times, Doc, a glass and a bottle.

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