The abominable misadventure

The boy galloped in the direction told by the lady through the corridor and reached near a lift, he pressed the button and waited for the lift to come. He saw that the lift was still coming down from the first floor but not had much time. Just when he turned towards the stairs the door of the lift opened with a tinkling sound. He rushed inside the small room and pressed the button number 7 and waited.

Till the time he reached the seventh floor he felt as if the lift has taken more than half an hour for its vertical journey. He ran out of the lift and gazed both of his sides on his left he saw at the end of the corridor there was a board which said, "ICU-13" on the wall. Just when he dashed towards the room through a corridor filled with either patients or their kinfolks as well as doctors being glared by them as he did so, he saw his uncle and aunt waiting for him near the ICU. He halted for a while and then falter towards them and did not know himself why he did so. After that he lost his control over himself and started crying under his strong dilemma.

He reached his uncle gasping for breath. His uncle told him that his parents have met with a major accident and were hit by a heavy vehicle thus, suffering serious injuries. Even the airbags were of no good and were now in critical condition. The boy felt his feet going numb and just when he collapsed a firm grip held him by his shoulder before he falls and helped him to sit on a nearby bench.

"be careful my son, you have to live a long life ahead"

"this can just be a trivial matter in front a problem that you could face...perhaps"

Just as he said that the doctors came out the operation theatre and one of the said,"sorry, we couldn't save the man."

"wait! There were two patients, isn't it doctor?", Michael argued.

"your mother couldn't make it even before reaching the hospital", said his uncle.

"she was thrown out of the car shattering the windshield and her sk... her..."

"her what?", Michael cried unable to control the mixed feeling of anger, fear and confusion. He was losing his patience now and could feel the accelerating heart beat and the mind-numbing blood flow inside his veins.

"her skull was crushed under the wheel of the massive truck and she..."

The tears which were just brimming inside the eyes now flooded his cheek again. He fell on the chair behind him.

"they lived their life son and left a fortune for you. What is done can't be undone."

Michael heard that his uncle was saying something. He knew he was helping him to ease his pain but the deep sorrow had destroyed his capacity to understand anything and he couldn't make out what his uncle was saying. His aunt standing by his side was rubbing his back so as to soothe him. He covered his face with his palm and bowed a little to support his elbow on his knees. Although unwilling, the image of the whole substandard day flowed in front of his eyes.

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