End, and back to the starting (oneshot)

I am a man who lived seemingly a perfect life, the ideal life most people would have. A normal office worker. A man with a wife and a kid. Everything seemed perfect... like a dream. But, they didn't know the truth.

"Daddy!" Joseph exclaimed running towards me. His little shoes made loud noises as he ran into my arms. "Haha! How's my little hero?!" I pick him up.

Mary, my wife comes down. "Honey, I'm going off"

"Bye babe, stay safe"

I leave the house, drowned in guilt.

I'm at work. Everything is going as usual. Night's come, really fast. I get a phone call. "What?! Honey, calm down, I'm coming" My colleague asked what happened. "My child is in the hospital!" I said almost in tears. I rush my car. I'm speeding and I couldn't think of anything. I'm in a daze.. and a truck is coming towards me. It's close. It's geting closer... What now? I don't remember what happened. The next thing I know I'm back in the office. Everything that happened is becoming clearer. I was... going to get hit... but I didn't. I checked the time, 9:35, again?

Am I- going crazy?.. Did I, travel back in time? It was way to real to be my imagination. My son! I quickly left without explaining and started driving to the hospital. On the way, suddenly, everything went black. I heard a voice "Could you, turn back time?" And when woke up, there was a truck in front of me. So close. Am I... going to die this time? I deserve it. And then again, the next thing I know, I'm back. In the office..

What? What's going on? I can't tell. This time, I'll wait. If no one calls, then I won't leave. After some time, there was still no call... My shift's over. I head home ready to greet my family. I open the door, to see no one is home. Did they go out? Why didn't they tell me? Dinner wasn't ready. I moved around the house a bit. I was in my room. I opened up a draw to reveal a letter. I hold it in my hand, feeling somewhat sad. I bury my face in my palms for a minute. I hear a noise. Are they home? I leave the room. It's pitch black. It feels like I'm in another universe. Suddenly, my legs give up and I fall, but before even hitting the ground, my eyes close.

"Daddy?" I heard. Joseph? I try to speak, but I can't. I look up, It's a baby. It's not Joseph. It starts coughing, until it starts coughing blood. Dr!-

I wake up with a jump. I'm outside the house. What just happened? I check the time. Did I, again,-

I hear my wife and Joseph both open the door, they're both inside. I need a bath. Maybe I'm getting to worked up. After refreshing my mind, I sit down for. "Honey,"

"Yea?" My wife replied.

She didn't turn her head but she looked busy. I was going to tell her about what happened but, I didn't want to trouble her. Come to think of it, I can't see both of their faces. I stand up to hug Joseph. Except, he turns his head, to reveal the face of a baby on a 6-year-old child. I fall back, bumping on to my wife. She turns too, to show a creepy, yet sad face of a strangly familiar face of a baby. I close my eyes, hoping what was happening was just a dream. "Honey?" I heard my... wife? I opened my eyes to see everything was back to normal. Could it have happened again? I checked the time, and yes, it seems I went back at least 5 minutes. I was tired. Whatever was happening, real or not, it tiring me out. I went to bed early today. Hopefully when I'm refreshed, everything will be fine.

It's the next day, and it's a holiday. I want to spend some time with my family. I go downstairs. Everyone's waiting for me. Did I oversleep? I give Mary a kiss and sit down for breakfast. Joseph's playing with his toys. It looks like today will be a normal day. Maybe I was just tired. "Auntie Ann's coming tonight" Mary broke the silence.

"Auntie Ann?!" Joseph said, clearly disappointed with the news. But couldn't agree more. Auntie was really old, around 80-95, and always gave off a really chilling vibe. "Oh c'mon! She might be creepy but we still have to take care of her" Mary had also been aware of what being around auntie was like. That's when a call comes. Mary picked up the phone. "What?! Oh my god!" She hurries and packs up her handbag. I asked what happened. She said Auntie Ann had come across an accident and died. I couldn't belive it. We were just talking about her. I left the house to visit Auntie. I was in the car and a child came running in front. Right before I hit him he turned his head. A baby face, again. Somehow I could hear him say, "Could you?"

The next thing I knew, I was in the office. Why am I back here? I'm going crazy! It's pitch dark and there's a really creepy vibe. I here alone. It's so silent. What time is it? 9:35. I'm back. That's when I hear, a baby? I hear a baby. It's somewhat familiar. I remember this. I try to locate where the sound is coming from. A dark corner in the room. There he is. I'm walking towards him. "Drake?" I said, shivering. "I'm sorry"

He turned and looked at me, blood flowing down from his mouth. He's starting to cough.

I suddenly feel a pull, and feel like I'm losing consciousness.

A white light, is this heaven? No, I can see my wife, she's crying. I want to confort her. "My baby, I'm sorry" She's saying repeatedly. There's a doctor. And there's... me. I'm almost in tears. "I'm sorry, we don't have enough" I said. Oh right, this. The baby is in front of me. "I'm sorry!" were only words I could utter. The baby's starting to cough. "No, NO NO NO NO!"

The light explodes in my eyes.

I'm back. In the office. Almost in tears. 9:35? No, I can't.. There's a gun beside me. I pick it up and put it to my head. No one had noticed. No, I have a family, I can't give up, nevermi-

BANG

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