From bad to worst

Chapter I

Once there was a man called Danny Carter. He lived with his wife and two kids. He has been struggling with debt problems for over 4 years now and is desperate for money. One night he was sitting down in his office trying to sort out some bills when, his wife walked into the room crying.

"Danny, I have cancer..." She said with tears flowing down her face.

Danny was so shocked. He quickly got up and wrapped his arms round his wife. Tears started running down his face as he said...

"When did you find out?"

"I've just come back from the doctors now. They said I have pancreatic cancer." She said

Danny didn't let go of her until she stopped crying. Just then Danny's youngest daughter Katie walked into the room. She looked up and saw her mum and dad crying. She had no idea what was going on as she was only 5 but then she told her sister Jessie, who was 10, and she knew something was wrong. After Jessie spoke to her parents , they told her the truth.

"We all have to be strong right now, it's very tough for us all right now so we must stick together." Danny said.

Danny and his wife put the kids back to bed and went down stairs. They both sat together thinking about their lives together. The night was long and sad. Eventually they fell asleep on the sofa together.

The next morning Danny woke up to see his wife had gone. He walked around the house trying to look for her, he then went into the kitchen. There was a note on the fridge. It said:- I've gone back to the doctors. Should be back at about 1:00pm. Xxx

Danny took the note off the fridge and put it in his pocket. Then he remembered that it was a Monday, he needed to get to work and get the kids to school. He had to leave at 8:30am, it was 7:50 now. He quickly woke the kids up did their breakfast and got changed. He tried to hurry the kids into the car. He turned the engine and saw it was 8:20, it took 5 minutes to get the kids to school and 15 minutes to get to his work place as an accountant. He put his foot on the peddle and drove the kids to school. He waved good bye then quickly got to his work place. The time was 8:40.

"Damn it! I'm late!" He complained

He ran into the building and to his office were he found his boss there waiting for him. His boss took him into his office.

"That's the 5 time in two weeks you've been late now." Said his boss

"Look I'm sorry. It was just that..." Danny was inturupted.

"Look, son I'm afraid I'm going to have to let you go..." Said his boss

That sentence kept repeating in Danny's head until he got home, where he just sat down on the sofa. He helped his head in his hands. He picked up his laptop and started looking for jobs. Nothing...