The Unplanned Journey.

_{Have you ever woken up with the belief that no matter what happens today, you'll make sure you are happy?}

That's the same thing I told myself some years back. I must still be naive... or not.

I knew exactly how I felt when the sun rose from the East. I prepared for work with the most innocent smile on me, feeling pleased and happy to begin the day. That was before the call came in... The call changed everything in seconds.

Immediately I got to work, I did my duties until my boss called me to deposit money in the bank and also check on some goods before coming back to work. I told him I would have to see my aunt whose place of work wasn't far from where I worked, and he agreed.

On my way to the bank, certain circumstances presented themselves to clean the pure amazing smile that came from my heart, which my face showcased with so much energy, but I didn't let anything ruin my mood. On getting to the bank, I made the deposit after waiting endlessly for my turn. I called my boss to let him know I was leaving the bank after the deposit had been made.

I headed towards where the goods I needed to crosscheck were. Did a thorough job before putting a call to him again as I moved towards my next place to be. Getting to my aunt's workplace, I dropped off some things I got for her and her kid and also discussed some important matters before I finally left to go back to work.

My way back to work was choked with traffic, but I made it on time. I met with my boss and had to give him the full detail of everything that occurred. We were having that discussion when my phone rang, and I excused myself to pick up the call. It was a call from home.

"Hello, what's up?" I said in my usual voice, but the voice that replied to me and the voice I heard in the background wasn't what I expected.

"Hello, are you there?" I asked with my heart up as I kept chanting. "Today will be good," but... it sure wasn't.

"He is dead, Uncle T had an accident, and he is dead." My sister said with pains in her voice as my Mom's voice took over the background.

The call ended, and I laughed. I laughed so hard that my boss asked,

"What's making you happy today?"

"My maternal uncle just died". I replied to him and he was shocked.

"Is he a wicked person?" My boss asked after seeing the way I was laughing.

"No, he is the kindest person on Earth. He will give out his last card to a stranger while he goes hungry. And, he never jokes with his family members." I responded.

It was then it became clearer to my boss that I wasn't laughing because I was happy. My heart hurts so badly that I can't even cry. I didn't know how to at the moment, so I laughed.

My boss told me to go home. It was an unplanned journey, but I had to quickly go home to get some small clothes to take home. It was when I was on the bus home that it hit me a little.

I didn't cry out, but I did cry inside so badly that the tears escaped through my eyes as I sat close to the bus window. Home was very far, so I had time to think, but I couldn't. Memories of times we spent together filled my head. He had lived with us, and we were close. But after he married, I had not really checked on him, and I hated myself for that.

When I called to ask how he died, my heart bled. I held my chest tightly in pain. He didn't deserve such death if death was coming for him.

He had left home immediately he got back from work with his bike to get something he forgot to get, and that was how death met him. I could have shared the details, but since this community does not allow gory stories, and the fact that it'll be hard for me to type the words without crying my eyes out.

The accident was terrible, and no hospital could save him. It was that serious.

On getting home very late at night, I couldn't eat nor drink. My heart was bleeding, and my eyes, though tired, didn't lose its will to bring out more tears.

If you see tears on your screen while reading, just know that they are mine because it still hurts. Everything hurts.

So, @josediccus, when I said I understood your pain of losing your brother, after the call you got, I really do. I am still sad, and as I had an unplanned journey that day, so did Uncle T. Life took him on a journey he never intended to go.

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