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Hey Mom

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I was on my couch watching TV with my favorite show on and my cereal resting on my lap. Few spoon into my cereal, i figured that it needed more sugar so i got up and made my way to the kitchen to fetch some. On the way my phone started ringing and i felt too lazy to attend the call since it was a Sunday morning. So i ignored the call and added sugar to my cereal. I made my way back to the couch and sat back down with a sigh of relief.

A few minutes into the show the phone rang again, with a grunt, I got of my couch and answered the call with an annoyed tone and asked "Who the hell is this?". There was no reply for a few seconds until a voice, soft tone, lady like voice asked "Is this Jerry?". I lowered my voice and answered politely, "YES". Then she gave me the most horrific news I have ever heard, "I am here on the Overseas Highway calling from your mother’s phone and she has met with a car accident, please do come over here quickly".

I panicked. I rushed to my wardrobe, put on some cloths and ran towards the garage. On the way, I grabbed my keys and accidentally pushed over a vase of the table. It shattered into a million pieces but i was least bothered about about cleaning it up and I got into the car and started it up. I took a moment to think about how bad the accident could be, then I slammed on the accelerator.

It was the peak of traffic as it was rush hour with all the workers heading home to meet their families and their loved ones, while I was thinking about the good old times with my mum and I was wondering if I would see her alive again.

While all this was going through my head I didn't notice that the traffic signal had turned red and there was a child crossing the road. So I quickly slammed on the break but the speed of the car was far to great to stop before the traffic signal, so I steered  my way around the child narrowing missing him by an inch and somehow squeezed my way through traffic and got myself Overseas Highway.

At this point my heart was beating so fast that it was getting hard to breath. With least care for myself I carried on somehow passing by cars with the speed far far greater than the other cars.

Suddenly the phone rang and my heart skipped a beat. I looked at the phone and it was my mum calling. I immediately answered the call. With panic I asked "IS EVERYTHING ALRIGHT?!". My mum replied "Yes dear, everything is alright you don't have to worry about me".
I stopped the car by the side of the highway and took sometime to catch my breath then my mum asked, " Are u driving safely?". I was quite for a while. Then with a sigh of relief I said, "I love you mum".
Written by an old friend of mine! <3 
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