It all started on the night of March 14, the night of my parents. It was the 20th anniversary of the wedding, it was a wonderful sunny day. I was enjoying the time because the beginning of spring had made the weather perfect.  More than the pleasant weather, it was the day when my parents had got married. That time was obviously an occasion for the moment, so my parents booked a meal at our favorite Italian restaurant. 



Of course, this was a formal occasion, so I had the best costume for it. When I gave a glance at my wristwatch, it was 5:33. And I was just straightening my tie when my phone rang out. It was a message. I received the message which was strange. I checked the message & it was from my mother. It was quite the jumble of numbers and letters. I tried to understand the mean of the message & was able to make a single sentence readable “Please help me”.

I thought It was strange and it never happened like this before. This text made me immediately respond asking “Are you fine?” in the reply of the message. No reply from Mom came for a while. So I started getting ready. And then, I instantly received another text & this time it was from my dad. I checked the text message & once again it a massive mixture of letters and numbers with a phrase. This time also I tried to get the mean of the text message & hardly was able to make sense of those jumble words and numbers “Please help me”. Although it was strange, I thought my father sometimes behaved like a joker so he must have been joking. I was thinking like this until I was sent another text message which was from my sister and it was also saying ‘Please help” in the same way, with lots of massive letters and numbers. 

I thought it can’t be a coincidence for again & again. My heart started beating rapidly. I started running out of my house without having my best suits on. I was too much worried about them. I was running and sweating. On the way, I was stopped by a police officer saying that the main road is closed.

I questioned, "Why?"

The police officer said it was a huge car accident ahead on the way so the main road was closed for a while. This was the time exactly when I realized that what happened. I asked to see the wreck. I requested, & I was allowed.  When I saw the remains of the car that caught my attention. That car was mine. My mother, father & sister were going to the Italian restaurant on it.  They were badly injured by the collision at 5: 32 minutes & killed at 5:34 minutes. So, they all were asking for help from me.  

Now, I knew why they were sending the message of a massive mixture of letters and numbers. Just because they were in extreme pain. They were not being able to write properly.


I was speechless with pain and my heart said,
 "Please, God, forgive me."

Oh! My God!