The End!

There was darkness, then there was silence, he walked slowly towards the speck of light he could see at the end of the tunnel, his knees shaking, hands trembling, the knife in his hand was dry unlike his expectations.

7 days earlier:

Both of them were getting back from their vacation in Bahamas, both of them loved the sea, and it was the perfect destination for their honeymoon. There was sea, sand and sex! Some would say they weren’t a perfect couple, but little did people know that they were like yin and yang, she was beautiful and he was the beast, he smiled less, talked less and was least to say an awkward person. She was bold, beautiful and ever smiling. It was an unusual match even for her but he was nothing like the other guys she had seen, he had confidence, chivalry and a calm which was surprising for a guy of his age.

He kept looking at her in awe, still in shock of how he was able to convince a girl like her to even talk to him, but today they were together and he was happy, more than he had ever been in life. She completed him, and he was the calm she needed in life.

6 days earlier:

The usual lazy mornings, but he had started to wake up early. Made coffee, walked up to her to wake her up, she was smiling in her sleep, and he didn’t want to wake her. He watched her for a couple of minutes before he realised that the coffee was getting cold. He woke her up, she saw him and smiled, that made his day. Started with a jog, breakfast which both made together and he dropped her at work before he headed for his office.

5 days earlier:

It was her birthday in two days, and he was anxious about what to get her, he walked around in the mall thinking what to get her, that’s when he saw a girl being mistreated by a couple of guys in the food court, he walked up to them and warned them, they did not budge and he called the security. The guys were kicked out of the mall, the girl thanked him and he went into a jewellery store where he saw the prettiest diamond pendant. Picked that up and walked home content.

4 days earlier:

She wanted to go shopping; he tagged along, only to see her light up every time she bought something. Then they had coffee, they kept looking at each other, his eyes were all over her and she kept blushing even after 3 years of being together. That was magic which he wanted, he was living it.

3 days earlier:

It was her birthday, he woke up earlier than before, made an exotic breakfast, after days of practice and referring to the internet for recipes. Woke her up with a kiss, and gave her the pendant, she smiled and then stared at it for a while, only to realise he was eagerly waiting for her reaction. She looked at him, hugged him tight and gives him a kiss, he had his answer. He dropped at work, and asked her to leave early; he had an entire evening planned. In an hour he gets a call from her, he answers it with complete delight “this is way too early, I am unprepared”. Then he hears something which shatters his life.

“Sir, you wife has met with an accident, she is in the hospital.”

He drives as fast as her can, reaches the hospital only to realize she is passed away. He collapses, blank, he didn’t even get to see her, he lay there like a corpse.

2 days earlier:

He had finished all the rituals, he was nothing but shattered. Just then, the guys whose car had hit her walked up to him and said “we are sorry, it was unintended”.

He looked up, and saw the same guys who he had kicked out of the mall. They had a sinister smile. Everything came back to him, and he knew revenge was the only way out.

1 day earlier:

He followed them everywhere they went; he had not registered a police complaint. He wanted revenge. He made note of everywhere they went, made note of all the guys and their addresses. Then decided to use a knife, that when he went to the store, bought a butcher’s knife. He was a vegetarian, didn’t know how to use one, but all he knew this was the one.

The day:

He followed them again, this time with the knife. He saw them buy some cocaine from a dealer and go to a secluded area near the tracks. He waited till they were high, and then knocked on the window.

They saw the knife in his hands and got out of the car to run. This was the same car, he followed them, they had reached the tracks near the tunnel, he walked towards them and they were two and he was alone. One punch and one of them was down on the tracks, the other started to run, he chased him, he could see her saying “don’t dirty your hands”, but wanted to avenge her death. He kept following, and that’s when he saw the train approaching from behind he kept chasing him till the train was too close, he got out of the way and the train ran over him.

He was stunned, waiting for the brain to react. That’s when he started to walk back. He saw the other guy already crushed by the train.

His life was over, he walked back and no one ever heard of him ever again.