A Life To Waste
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It didn’t matter, no one could ask him why? That chance had passed, he was gone now. Dave had made sure of that.
Dave was shocked at the amount of thank you cards he received. He also received boxes of chocolate, flowers. People would come to visit him in hospital showering him with hugs and tears of joy and gratitude. These were the family and friends of the survivors. The people that Dave had saved. In total he was told that 78 people got out of that factory alive. Although some died shortly after, and some had injuries that were beyond help. He had been assured that 56 of these people were going to be ok.
They were going to live! And hopefully after this, get their lives back. Out of the two hundred and odd that had been held in the factory, 56 didn’t seem like a huge amount. But everyone kept reminding Dave that without him none of them would have survived. And the body count was likely to be a lot more than it was.
It made Dave happy to think about the survivors, to think that they would hopefully get their lives back again, they were given a second chance. So was he, he had to take this chance and use it. It was time to start appreciating life.
Chapter 30
A year had passed since that horrendous ordeal at the factory. Dave’s mum had still not returned home, she was ongoing psychiatric help in the hospital. Still, Dave made sure he had the house spotless, every day he cleaned from top to bottom and put fresh flowers on the table. Just in case that was the day mum returned home.
He visited her every day at the hospital, some days he wasn’t sure that she knew he was there but he went anyway. He would take her a nice bunch of flowers and they would sit together. She would sit silent, Dave didn’t know whether she was listening or not, but regardless, he would talk to her for hours. He would tell her about the job he had now, it wasn’t much. He struggled to do certain things as he was still getting used to only using one hand. But he had a job at the local shop. Just helping out here and there, helping stack shelves one day or work the till the next day. He didn’t get much pay but it was enough and he was happy to be helping the elderly couple that ran the little shop.
He told her about the volunteer work he had been doing, he had been going to the local track and giving tips to new upcoming runners. The coach said that there would be a new assistants position coming up soon and that Dave was more than welcome to it.
“Hey I saw Claire as well! Remember Claire?” he said.
Claire had been at the local track while Dave was volunteering. She had a little boy now. She had been weary when she first saw Dave but that faded fast when she saw how he had changed. He was genuinely happy for her. Congratulated her on the wedding and then asked what her sons name was. His name was Phil, he was trying out for the team.
“Wow he’s fast” Dave said “I’m telling you, with the right training and enough dedication, that kids gonna be running in the Olympics.
The End
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