Why I moved away with Daisy after Gatsby's death

     When I found out that Gatsby was killed, I was filled with joy. I had my wife back again and no one could interfere with my happiness anymore. The game was in my hands again. I decided that Daisy and I needed to go away, and we needed to forget about West and East Egg. There was too many memories holding us back there, plus I did not want her to attend Gatsby’s funeral. It was only just a little high school romance anyway. Attending the funeral would only make our lives that much harder. I wanted Daisy to have a happy party life again too, and I wanted my daughter to get away from all the madness of Long Island, New York. I realize that we could have stayed, but I wanted to make sure Daisy never had second thoughts about staying with me again. I, also, did not want to be in any part of that death or get the blame for anything that happened. Although, I could have just paid the police off. New York seemed like a boring, sad place now that Myrtle was dead, and Gatsby, and George. There was nothing there for me anymore. I decided to move to England, because it would be easy to start a new life there. Plus, I heard European women were very beautiful. It would keep Daisy occupied again too. The new atmosphere and new sites would keep her enchanted. I know she is sad. The person she thought Gatsby was, was not the person he was. She had all these dreams with him that did not come true. I actually felt quite sorry for her pitiful little fling. I just wanted all the memories to be gone, but I knew they could never be. I wanted to erase Jay Gatsby from everyone’s’ mind, but no one could ever forget Jay Gatsby. That is why I moved to England. It was so far away from New York that the memories almost did not even seem real anymore.