Destiny | Shubman Gill.

Part 21 : The heartbreaking news

||Shubman||

The sharp sunlight falling directly on my face woke me up from the deep sleep I was in. I realised I didn't go home last night and slept on the bonnet itself.

Shit! Mom and dad must've freaked out. I haven't even taken their calls. My phone was inside the car so I rushed to get it. I realised I've been sleeping for over fifteen hours as the clock in my phone said it's noon now.

My eyes literally popped out when I saw over 200 missed calls and 100 messages in my phone. What the hell happened? They will never call me so many times. I unlocked my phone and saw missed calls from multiple people.

Mom - 37 missed calls
Dad - 40 missed calls
Anya - 35 missed calls
Abhay - 55 missed calls
Riya - 52 missed calls

The frequency of the calls scared me. Something has definitely happened. I checked the time and Anya's call was the first one at around 10pm. And the other calls were after 10:15pm.

I didn't want to call Anya. I'm still upset over her. I didn't want to get scolded from my parents so I didn't call mom and dad either. Abhay was the safest person to call right now so I dialled his number.

"Shubman?" he answered the call. His voice sounds choked.

"Hey Abhay I just saw your call" I replied.

"Where are you?" He asked furiously. He sounds​ really​ mad. Abhay never gets angry at me, even if I run away somewhere and not call him for two days. Then why is he behaving like this?

"What happened Abhay?" I asked him.

"Answer my question first" he asked angrily.

"Let me talk" I heard Riya's voice near him.

"Shubman, we were calling you since hours" Riya said taking the phone from Abhay. She sounds really upset and her voice is really heavy.

"Is everything​ alright Riya?" I asked her.

"No Shubman. Nothing is alright" she answered.

"Will you guys tell me what happened?" I asked losing patience. They're behaving weird and moreover Riya's words have scared me.

"Shubman, Raj uncle passed away last night" she said breaking down.

"Wha-" my voice choked.

What did I just hear? Raj uncle- But how's this possible? I met him few days ago and he looked absolutely fine. And the doctor said he still has time then how? I couldn't speak anything. I just couldn't believe what I heard right now.

"Are you there Shubman?" Riya asked.

"Yeah I'm. Riya I don't know what to say" I replied.

"We're at Anya's house. Please come as soon as possible" she said still crying.

"I'm coming right now" I said and hung up.

I instantly started my car's engine and started driving like crazy. Small droplets of tears started trickling down my cheeks when I was driving. I still can't imagine Raj uncle is no more and that I wasn't there for him and his family last night when all this happened. How could I be such a jerk?

I saw Abhay and my father's car when I reached outside Anya's house. I'm assuming most of her relatives have left because I didn't see any cars outside.

I slowly started moving towards the door. I couldn't muster up the courage to go inside, I couldn't face anyone after not picking up their calls when they needed me. There was all silence outside her house.