The accident

Abigail was waiting for Christopher, as she remembered him saying he would be in the office before noon. The lunch break would begin in five minutes, but he was yet to arrive.

She couldn't focus on work, her gaze moving to her phone every now and then.

"Where are you?" she wondered.

She picked it up to call him when it rang. It was her mother's number.

"Hello…" She had a slight smile on her face, but her heart dropped as she heard the voice on the other end of the line.

"Abigail… I am Helena Jenkins, your neighbor, remember?"

"Yes, I do remember you." Abigail was worried about why Mrs. Jenkins was calling her from her mother's number.

"Your mom was in an accident, and they have taken her to the hospital. It's bad. You need to come as soon as possible."

Abigail's heart was hammering in her chest as she struggled to make sense of what she was hearing. Her mother, with whom she had just spoken the day before, was in the hospital.