The Scorpish g**g

Chapter 8

Peter wakes up from bed early in the morning. He is very happy today as his grandmother will come back from the hospital and his parents will also be at home. Also he is excited because today is an important day for their little adventure too. They don't have any idea what would they do when they get all the information about that boy. They are just following their teen spirit and moving on. In the end it will turn out a very important job indeed.

He goes to Erik's for his breakfast. After breakfast they are watching TV and having chitchats. It is almost 8.40 in the morning. Peter is thinking that the other boys would be on their way to the forest. He is a bit worried for them, who knows what mess will make up.

A few moments later Erik's doorbell rings. Erik opens up the door and Peter hears a familiar voice saying, "Is Peter here?"

Erik does not need to answer. Peter is already here. Elliott is standing in front of the door. Peter feels a bit nervous. He should be at the forest by now with the other boys.

Peter says, "What's the matter Elliott?"

Elliott says, "I saw that your door is locked so I guessed you would be here. And we thought that having your camera with us would be great."

Peter says, "That's only matter?"

Elliott says, "Yeah, why?"

Peter says, "I thought you guys messed things up haha."

Elliott says, "We're still at the Oak Office. We need to hurry, c'mon give me the camera."

Peter takes leave from Erik and takes Elliott to his home.

Peter says, "Here it is. Please take e good care of it and obviously away from water."

Elliott says, "I know how to handle a camera."

Peter says, "Yeah, I know. I thought that I would ask Jonas to bring his mother's phone along, but I forgot."

Elliott says, "Now the problem is solved! We have your camera."

Peter says, "I'll take it back tomorrow okay?"

Elliott says, "We'll meet at the office as usual. You have any plans for the afternoon? Uncle Rick has called us through Ross. We're going there."

Peter says, "I will come if I get time. You know i might have some works as parents coming, granny coming."

Elliott says, "Don't worry too much. I better be going now. I'm already running late."

Peter says, "Ok bruh, all the best. I hope things will go better today."

Elliott says, "I also hope so. Bye."

Peter gives a farewell to Elliott and comes back to his room. The whole house is kind of messed up in last 3 or 4 days. His parents are going to be very mad at him. So he starts to arrange things up slowly. He first cleaned his own room and then cleaned the living room.

"Enough for today," says tired Peter. And as soon as he lies down to rest the doorbell rings.

His parent are here. He becomes very happy to see them. Also his mind starts to crumble with nervousness about what is going to happen when they will come to know about her grandmother. Although it is totally up to his uncle. His uncle will handle all of it. As planned, Peter sends a text to his uncle and his uncle instantly replies that he is on his way.

Peter's parents ask about his well beings and many other stuffs. They missed their only son a lot. They are also happy to see he has cleaned his room and the living room though the cleaning is not that neat. Still they are happy that their son is getting matured. In 15 minutes his uncle arrives. Now Peter is holding his nerves for the scary moment. His dad might get mad at them as they did not tell him. But uncle starts to tell them about all these very calmly and easily. Although they get a mild shock but they are calm.

Peter's dad says, "So are we going to take her today?"

Uncle says, "Yeah we're going today. I brought my van here. We'll be going in an hour."

Peter's mom says, "Where did you get your meals then Peter?"

Peter says, "At Erik's. I don't know why when granny saw me after that collapse, she asked me the same question!"

Peter's mom says, "That's because she cares for you a lot."

Peter says, "That's obvious."

Then Peter's dad and his uncle start to talk about the expenditures and bills and so on. They start for the hospital after that. Peter’s mom is not going with them because she has to prepare the lunch for them. Peter’s grandmother will have her lunch at home, with them. Peter's uncle's van reach at the hospital at 12 pm almost. His dad was very patient to see his mother.

Soon they get to the cardiac ward and the environment becomes emotional as it witnesses a reunion of mother and son. Peter and his uncle are standing and watching their beautiful moment. His father and grandmother are talking to each other for a long time. His grandmother is very excited for today as she will get to return home. She also praises Peter for his helps at home and visits here.

After that Peter stays at the cabin and his father and uncle go to the counter for maintaining all the rules to discharge. They also talk with the doctor about the necessary doings and things to be aware of. Meanwhile Peter helps Ms. Catherine to tide up the used things of the cabin to take home. He takes those things one by one to the van, as his uncle advised. When their work is half done, they come back to the cabin.

Ms. Catherine says, "What's the crowd all about? Is there police too?"

Uncle says, "I don't know clearly. When we went to the counter I just saw an emergency patient, lot of blood on his dress, was brought on stretcher. About 5/6 people were with him, all of them were looking like labourers. Doctor called them after a while and then all of a sudden they start to shout, they were very mad about something. Then more people came and were protesting against something, not against the doctors."

Granny says, "And police came to stop them?"

Peter's dad says, "No, mom. Police was with them. After police had come they stopped shouting and brought out the dead patient. He was dead."

Granny says, "Oh!!That's very pity."

Uncle says, "It's not safe to go out in this condition. You better have your lunch, mom. You need to take medicine."

Granny says, "Catherine didn’t bring lunch for today, did she?"

Peter's dad says, "Obviously she didn’t! You are supposed to have your lunch at home today. I'm gonna check at the canteen if there's something for lunch."

Granny says, "And where will you boys eat?"

Peter's dad says, "At home mama, can you please stop worrying for a while? I'll be back in a minute."

Granny says, "Fine fine. Whatever you prefer."

Peter's dad goes to the canteen. Meanwhile his uncle checks all the papers. Peter gossips with his granny. Ms. Catherine brings a plate and water glass from the van. His dad returns very soon with a food package in his hand. He hands it over to Ms. Catherine. Peter's granny is having her lunch quietly. At that time Peter hears is dad’s talks with uncle.

Peter’s dad says, “I was sitting at the counter and talking with a ward boy there.”

Uncle says, ‘What was he saying?”

Peter’s dad says, “He was saying that the person who died was from his hometown. He used to work as a daily labourer at a business company.”

Uncle says, “How did he die?”

Peter’s dad says, “He was working in a wood factory. There his job was to slice the logs with an electric wood cutting machine. There occurred some kind of accident and he fell on the machine badly.”

Uncle says, “That’s a horrible death.”

Peter’s dad says, “That doesn’t need to be said. It’s giving me goosebumps.”

Uncle says, “It was an accident right? Then why are the workers shouting and protesting and stuff?”

Peter’s dad says, “The ward boy didn’t know that much. He just said that the authority didn’t have enough safety measures and fit equipment. Hence the workers had to work with low quality machines which had huge chances of accidents.”

Uncle says, “What kind of company is this! They need to be punished because of these idiotic things. People are dying here because of their irresponsible behavior.”

Peter’s dad says, “Police came here, it also seemed that they are with the workers. Let’s see if anything happens to the company.”

Uncle says, “At least a good amount of compensation is expected in this regard.”

Peter’s dad says, “Besides the company should learn from this.”

Uncle says, “I hope so. Nevertheless is it safe for us to leave now? Or there’s still a lot of crowd outside?”

Peter’s dad says, “We’ll be out in half an hour. There’s not much crowd but it’s better to wait.”

Uncle says, “We’ll wait then.”

After 20 minutes they leave the cabin for good. Granny is not fully fit yet. She is still too weak to walk alone. Ms. Catherine and Peter’s dad helps her to come down the stairs. Uncle rushes to get the van and bring it to position. Granny gets on it and everyone reaches home in another 20 minutes. It was fixed by granny’s sons that she is going to stay at Peter’s for at least one month.

Although she likes to stay alone with Ms. Catherine, she could not deny their insistence. Peter is glad that she’s gonna stay here for a while now. His childhood memories start to knock his heart once again. Most importantly His granny is very happy to come back healthy and to get rid of that hospital which was feeling like imprisonment to her. Now she is smiling, walking around in the house. She has literally brought smiles on everyone’s face. They spent the afternoon taking rest. Peter’s mom and dad are having a very busy day.

Firstly, the tiredness of a long journey. Secondly, discharging his granny from the hospital and bringing her home was also a tiring job. After lunch they are having a peaceful sleep. His uncle left them after having lunch. Ms. Catherine has also left after some works at kitchen and arranging Peter’s grandmother’s stuffs which were brought from hospital. She is a very hard working woman. Although she gets paid for all of these, she feels like a family to them. Peter’s dad gets relief that his mother is safe only because of Ms. Catherine. Granny is sleeping on a rocking chair, beside a balcony. Peter feels very blessed at looking her face. He does not have sleep in his eyes. He turns on the TV after everyone falls asleep.

He was scrolling channels one by one to find something interesting. Suddenly a news channel gets his attention. It was broadcasting a news and the picture of the hospital is on the screen. He was surprised and smiling to see a place he just saw a few hours ago. The news is telling about an accident where a labourer died in a wood factory and doctor declared him dead after being brought at the hospital. It is a short news and gets over very fast.

But it astonishes Peter. In the news nothing was said clearly. Like where the man is from, how the accident actually happened or what the name of the company was. Peter even do not understand the contribution of police in the news. If anyone was arrested or any legal action was taken, the news should have told about that. Peter deeply feels in his heart that it has something to do with the recent incidents happening in the woods. He thought that this man could be a worker in the company which is working at the forest behind his school.

At this point he feeling a huge urgency to meet his fellows. They must have some important news for him. But he has to keep patience until tomorrow morning. Indeed he is going to get some shocking news in tomorrow morning.