Rant & Raves

The phone rang.

He jumped up from his sleep. He looked at the clock. 5.45 in the morning.

Oh my god….. He said to himself.

He picked up the phone and said nothing.

Hello?

It was Mom. He inhaled deeply.

Yes Mom, it’s me.

The line went quiet for a few seconds.

Are you coming back?

Yea. I booked a flight for today and flying out at 230pm.

Good.

Then the line went quiet for a few more seconds.

Son? I want to tell you something…

No, no, don’t say it, please…

Son, your Father has just passed away few minutes ago.

No! How can that be? He just went for medical check-up and the doctor said that he was fine! And he called me just 3 days ago to ask me if I had enough money. How can that be?

Son, please come back soon and we will talk okay?

But… but…

He started sobbing.

She hugged him from behind again, and said nothing.

Mom started sobbing from the other end as well.

Okay, I will come back soon.

Okay. Be careful okay?

Okay Mom…

He hung up. He screamed and cried.

There were so many things he wanted to say to his Father. He wanted to tell Father that he missed him and he loved him.

But it was all too late.