The Slave by Anand Dilvar

Author:Anand Dilvar
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hay House UK

CHAPTER VIII

THE NEXT DAY LAURA CAME TO VISIT ME AGAIN AND FOUND MY PARENTS IN THE ROOM. THEY HADN’T SEEN EACH OTHER SINCE THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT AND THEY DIDN’T KNOW SHE WAS PREGNANT. SHE SEEMED CALMER. HER RAGE FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY HAD MELLOWED INTO A PROFOUND SADNESS.

She explained to them what had happened the night of the accident:

“We had a big fight at the party,” she told my mother.

“He’d had a lot to drink and was in a bad way. He walked off with his friend Edward and when they came back the two of them were acting really crazy. They were all glassy-eyed and saying stuff that didn’t make sense. They’d already decided to leave the party. I tried to stop them but I couldn’t. They could hardly stand, but they got into Edward’s car and drove off with the tires squealing. I just stood there and watched them drive away. When they got to the corner they ran a red light …”

She paused and stared down at the floor, trying to remember exactly what she had seen. My mother put her hand to her mouth as if to stifle a sob; my father put his arm around her, and Laura continued:

“There was this tractor-trailer truck … it crashed right into the driver’s side of the car. I don’t think the guy even had time to brake. He hit them so hard the car flipped over a few times then landed upside down. I ran over to the car and when I saw them there, all mangled up with bits of metal and glass, covered in blood, I was sure they were both dead.”

“What happened then? What did you do? Where did you go?” asked my father.

“I don’t really remember. I remember people crowding around the car and pushing past me to see what had happened. I started to walk away … like I was sleepwalking. I just kept going. I had no idea where I was. I don’t remember how I got home.”

“But why didn’t you call us?” asked my mother. “We were so worried about you. We don’t have your address or phone number.”

“I’m really sorry. I was so afraid. After what happened I got really depressed and went to stay for a while with an aunt who lives a long way away. I was trying to get over the whole thing, because I thought they were dead.”

“And the baby? Is it …”

“It’s his, it’s your son’s child,” she interrupted my mother.

“He never said a thing.”

“He didn’t know. I was going to tell him at the party, but I never got the chance.”

“You poor thing!” said my mother. She hugged Laura and began to cry.

Laura hugged her back and glanced over at my father to see how he would react. He hugged them both tightly in support. They stayed like that for a few moments, then Laura said, “I came to town for a check-up and found out he was here. That’s how I found him,” she said, her eyes welling up with tears.

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