A Shock
269 Words
♣️10 - A shock♣️
No one was expecting it. In a town like ours, most of us lived for a long time. So no one expected the crash.
It came in the middle of summer. I was still with Tracey, and Haze had a girlfriend named Marley. Hannah still wasn't on good terms with me. She was a girl full of determination, which also came with a stubborn side.
It was during an ordinary barbeque party, whilst we were waiting for Haze's dad to return from the bank after asking for a loan to expand the cafe.
We waited for his call, which came with exciting news: the bank had granted the loan. We were all waiting for him to return. Waiting. Just waiting.
The blue sky became orange, then red, then finally dark blue with twinkling white lights.
And Haze's mom's phone rang. She fumbled with it, her fingers shaking with doubt as she answered it. Everyone quietened, listening.
We all had a hunch. We all knew, but refused to believe.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm Rita. His wife, yeah," Her voice trembled.
"No...I'll be there,"
She looked at us and our doubts became the truth.
"He crashed on the M40, " she whispered.
It was my mother who sprang to action.
"Haze, Hannah, you guys stay at my place. Rita, I'll drive you to the hospital. Everyone else can go home now,"
Tracey gave my hand a sqeeze.
"I guess I'll head home now. You'll be alright, won't you?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. It's probably nothing, "
But it wasn't nothing...
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