It was half past three when Bob, a taxi driver, decided to take a break in order to have lunch. At the same time, Eva got to her car to pick her son at school.
She was seven months pregnant and already knew that it was a girl. The happiness filled her eyes whenever she thought about how that little girl would be, how happy she was going to make everyone feel. But there was a fear that she always hid. The fear that her little baby girl would become like Kevin.
She was Kevin's mother, and she knew that a mother always loves her child. That is why she thought that she had some kind of problem. She hated her son. Not the "sometimes we argue and I get disappointed" kind of hate. It was of the "I wish he had not been born at all" kind. She felt guilty every second for hating him that much; but she certainly had her reasons. And she struggled to confess that the baby that was coming was her last hope for an ordinary and happy family. She believed the girl would bring peace, happiness and joy, and therefore would fix that mess their family was.
Bob went to a place that he knew the food was great. He thought about their cheese sandwich, and his mouth started to water immediately.
As soon as Eva got to Kevin's school, the ten year old boy entered the car in a hurry. "Let's go home", he mumbled.
"Hello, honey", Eva said. "How was school?"
"None of your business", Kevin replied.
Eva got the message and just stayed quiet for the rest of the drive. At some point, Kevin suddenly put one of his hands on the steering wheel. Immediately, Eva slapped his hand away, but the car dodged to the right a little bit. She fixed it as fast as she could, pulling the car to the left.
"KEVIN!", she shouted. "Why did you do that?! NEVER do this again. Do you understand me?"
"Yes", he said, acting like that hadn't been a big deal at all. He didn't look serious about his answer.
Meanwhile, Bob bought his sandwich and finally started eating it in his car. But when he saw what time it was, he realized that he had to hurry, because he was losing clients. Then, he would eat while driving.
Some moments later, Kevin did that one more time. But this time, he pulled the steering wheel so hard that Eva had to pull the brake.
In the meantime, Bob, who was in the road across the one Kevin and his mom were about to arrive in, accidentally spilled cheese in his shirt, and therefore didn't see their car, that had just parked in the middle of the road.
"KEVIN!!! ARE YOU MAD? DIDN'T I TELL YOU NEVER TO DO THAT?! You are NEVER going to sit here again. NEVER."
While Eva shouted at him, Kevin ignored her and looked at the window next to her. While he stared at the taxi coming right toward him, he didn't say a word, because he knew exactly what his aim was.
He waited until he knew that they wouldn't have time to escape the crash to warn his mother. He pointed to the window, and calmly said, "Mom, look."
By the time Eva turned left, she only had time to spread her arm across Kevin's chest to try and protect him, and waited for the impact.
*****
SIX YEARS LATER
It was an ordinary April afternoon, and Kevin was walking home from school. Looking down at the sidewalk, he tried to throw all of his thoughts away for a while, and pretend he was a different person. He raised his head from his red shoes and looked at the trees that were surrounding him. Then, the light blue sky, and a few cotton-like clouds that were blocking the straight incidence of the sun rays. He didn't use to spend time appreciating the beauty of the world. Therefore, as soon as he spotted his house, he got to his own conclusion: nature was pretty boring.
