On The Most Terrible Day
You just got the call. You just left the hospital. You just heard. The worst thing. The most impossible, unbelievable, dreadful thing. The thing that only happens in movies, or to other people. Today. You will never forget today. It is the day that cracks your world into before today and after. Nobody needs to tell you. You know this. You know it cellularly. The world is atomically remade. Like a terrible chain reaction, flicking over every nano piece of reality. A tessellation of shock. Nothing is the same as it was, just seconds ago. It could still be a mistake. Just two breaths away, it could be different. Your mind clings to this hope. Maybe they're wrong. Maybe the doctor is mistaken, the car was stolen, the dental records were mismatched. Maybe the police were at the wrong house. Maybe the detective got the lines crossed. Maybe it's a miscommunication. Any second, a call could come-- so sorry, we've got the wrong person! Everything's fine! Only min...