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Roadside Tragedy

By A.MPublished 3 years ago 2 min read
Photo by Joy Stamps

Her brother asked, how it was doing so far as they were driving home from her workplace. He realises she is lying when she claims things are going well. He eventually stops the vehicles and turns to face her. He queries the situation. The girl sobs and tells him that two nights earlier, she had planned to commit suicide. He comforts her with a hug and tells her that things will get better. They resumed driving while playing some gospel music. They hear noises coming from the front while they are driving. He assures her that it is unimportant and that she should not worry.

As they turn into the next intersection, one of the cars' plates splits and collides with the tyres, turning the vehicle upside down.The happy automobile is knocked by silence as gossel music plays in the background. Hey hey, hey, sis sis get up, wake up, sis, sis call mom, call mom, I can't feel anything she says to him, he says as he throws his phone to her.She picks up both his and her phones, starts calling her mother, and the police saying, "Hey mom, when we were coming from my work place, me and brother Ivan, mom I don't think I'm going to make it but I want to donate my life for Ivan he unconscious but he is breathing we are stuck in the car on oxford street but I think people are coming to pull us out.Mom… Ma I love you and I'm sorry for everything I've done. Two nights ago, when I thought I was going to kill myself, I wrote letters to my siblings, which are now on my laptop. I'm sorry I didn't get to see Emily graduate.I'm sorry I couldn't be there for William when he needed me, and I'm also regret I fact that I am going to miss Ivan's walking down the aisle but I know he's going to be a better husband and dad than father was, because he has raised us ever since father left. Ma, don't put the blame on yourself.You would never have been aware of or made any changes to what occurred today or how I felt. I suppose this was my day; I apologise if I wasn't the ideal daughter you were looking for. She cries out, "Brother, Brother, Save My Brother First, Save My Brother First," as people rush to pull them out. Her final words were, "Brother, I Love You." You didn't cause this. I love you..." There is silence, and then everyone and everything becomes numb. The sirens scream, come in to overwhelm the place, however the brother is the only thing that can be saved.

The girl's heart and lungs are currently located inside her brother's body. She and her brother both continue to survive. Like them, he is now married and has four children. He gave his first child his sister Linda's name, not just because she resembles him but also because she walks and talks more like her. it's shocking but true

Nevertheless I am familiar with what it feels like to desire to die. How painful smiling is. How you attempt to fit in yet fail. In an effort to kill the inside thing, you harm yourself on the exterior. Don't surrender to the hopelessness. because even after the sunset, the stars are still visible.

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