Last Smile (Short Story)

Last Smile

It was late at night 2 am, it's when darkness rules the place, silence sits on the nights reign, a family of husband, wife and a kid would be dreaming deeply at this time of the day. Or it can be a nightmare ...

Hoarse coughing was heard followed by wheezing from one room in the house. A frightened lady woke up, she ran barefooted to the other room while calling; Mark wake up, wake up ...

The terrified parents entered the room as their eyes got wide open, screaming and shouting Emma stay with me baby, stay with me ... The little girl is wheezing and coughing blood; she can't breathe. Emma let their shouts down as she her eyes closes. Mark grabbed his breathless daughter and ran down the stairs through the alley to the main door.

WHERE ARE THE KEYS ? He shouted he can’t find his car keys.

He didn’t wait for the keys he took the road running under the rain to a nearby hospital which was meters away, followed by wife.

HELP ! HELP ! He shouted as he entered the hospital.

I need a doctor my daughter is dying.

Doctors came and took the daughter from his hands, his eyes couldn’t handle the tears much more as he watched them disappear behind the doors. His wife couldn’t stand but crashed crying on his chest. It was a while until a doctor came back in…

Mr. Mark and Ms. April ? The doctor asked.

They stood like someone who got shocked by the chair.

Is she OKAY ?

She is ?

Isn’t she ? Please tell me she’s fine. Those where the worried parents words.

Don’t worry she’s fine.

You can take her home in a couple of minutes. He said

But … you know her case is too late, there is nothing we can do, she doesn’t have much time.

I’m sorry.

Again April crying to Marks’ chest as he watched the doctor disappear one last time.

Two months ago… It was a beautiful sunny day, in the winter; it was such a rare day so it was the perfect opportunity to take advantage of the sun heat and have a day out. Mark took his family to a nearby park where they can enjoy the sunlight and that cold breeze that passes by every now and then and it’s also the best chance for his cute Emma to play. They were enjoying their time, love was felt in the air, small grasses were dancing with the air like professional ballet dancers, Emma was laughing and jumping from place to another but suddenly she started coughing, at the beginning it wasn’t a worrying thing as she was sick last week; but coughing got harder, she started wheezing, the parents noticed something wrong they rushed to their daughter, she tried to gasp but she wasn’t able to breathe, she continued coughing but this time it came out with blood. The parents shouted breathe Emma breathe but she wasn’t able too. They went to the hospital that day and after long period of tests, she was released after she was diagnosed with lung cancer in its final stages. Apparently it started weeks ago but they thought she was sick and then came the winter season so that made it worst but the fact was that she had that lung cancer from a long time ago but they didn’t notice…