108 A friend

Hearing the doctor say those words, for a second it seemed like everything around him had gone quiet. Gary was looking at the adult in front of him, yet at the same time, his eyes weren’t focused. The words ‘bad news’ just constantly rang in his head again and again, drowning out the noise around him.

It felt as if someone had submerged him underwater, making him unable to breathe. This was because the thoughts he just had moments ago, could very well become a reality.

“Gary!” His sister called out. “Gary, what's going on? What is he talking about? What happened to Mum?” Amy shouted, panicked as she had no idea that their mother had been brought here as well.

The doctor had yet to explain things, because he could tell that Gary was still out of it. He had seen many people react like this before, and the young girl by the boy’s side seemed to be some relative as well, most likely the daughter, who wasn’t dealing with the sudden news any better than her brother.