The clock striked half past twelve, the sky was still dark as he wearily woke up. "Why must I wake up so late once again?" He thought.
"Avner!"
His mind said to him in his wife's voice, Elvira Bakes. "Elvira…" he mourned and moped, lazily walking around the house, trying to work up the strength to even get a cup of coffee. He collapsed to the kitchen floor from exhaustion, he decided it's better off not doing anything anymore.
Time passes again and he wakes up from the floor not remembering a thing he did. He does remember trying to make some coffee though, which is now very unpleasant. Freezing cold winds rushed inside so frigidly to the point your eyes could pop out with icicles, it was the time for jolly and happy times, he didn't feel any amount of happy, especially since Elvira. She sadly died in a car accident some days before now.
The day of her funeral would be held five days from the present, he wanted to go so terribly, so he can catch just a glimpse of her one last time. Shaken from the sudden knocks on his door he goes to check, only to find his daughter Matice. "Hey dad, everything alright with you?" She was glad to see his father still looking at least alive.
"Matice, I'm so glad to see you. I'm holding up just fine. How about you? This is hard for everyone you know."
Avner hugged his daughter tightly, to feel his daughter in his arms was the best feeling he felt in the longest time. "I'm okay, I came to get some of my things Mom used." Matice had replied.
"Oh well maybe you can stay for a while, these days I don't have much company." Avner had been feeling alone for a while "Oh um, father I'm not really sure, I've been staying in this hotel recently." Matice awkwardly looked at her father. "No worries, you're free to come if you like, I could give you a spare key?" Avner secretly really wanted to spend time with his daughter to make up for past mistakes, but it probably doesn't matter just by the state of things. "That would be fine." Matice smiled at him, she was glad that Avner tried to take care of her as much as he can. "Well, I should get to work, gathering my things." Avner watched and helped Matice, any time with his daughter is a good time to him.
After Matice found every nick-knack and trinket she came across something unusual. "Father? What's this?" She holds a glowing necklace up to her eyes. "Look how weird this is, in the sunlight it lights up and dims, and in the dark it lights up and dims as well, but in a more crazed way." Avner looks at the peculiar necklace with a confused and frowned look on his face. "I'm not... sure? I've never seen anything like it." Avner takes the necklace and