The room was dark. It was cold too. I had nothing to keep me
warm but the grey overall that I had worn. The fact that it was raining cats
and dogs outside could have had something to do with the dull mood but I think
the somber circumstances surrounding my life were playing a bigger role at that
particular time. I was hungry. The supper I ate was barely enough. You would
have thought by now I would’ve gotten used to it, but I hadn’t.
It was an accident. It was not meant to go down like that. I
am a good man, I have always been. But the turn of events on that fateful day
changed my life forever. And who would have known things would have ended up
like this? If I had the slightest inkling of this life I am currently living, I
would have never left my bed that Monday morning two years ago. Instead, I
could have just spent the day with my beautiful wife and the baby we were
expecting that summer.
I can still remember her pretty face as I prepared to leave
for work that morning. To say she was gorgeous would be understatement. The pregnancy
was good to her. Five months into it and she was still energetic and vibrant.
She was glowing. We had recently tied the knot so were not over those ‘little
things that love birds do’. She was sad when I kissed her goodbye.
