Time-Trap
Page 3All the work he had done yesterday was gone and all the people he had been in contact with didn’t remember him. He struggled while redoing the work. His thoughts was fixated on what puzzled him. He decided that he could not stand another Monday tomorrow, what a life it would be.
Maybe he was supposed to do something but didn’t do it. The idea made sense and the first thing he decided was not to speak with Julia.
He worked faster then yesterday as he knew already exactly what he had to do as he had already done it yesterday. But he could not stand the thought of having to redo it each day, what a misery that would be!
The time was heading for 12 and he decided not to go to the cafeteria on the corner. It was time to change. He went instead to Mcdonald and ate alone.
It was a relief not to have to confront Julia.
He went back earlier than usual and managed to remain unseen by Julia.
Bill was now carrying on with his work and made a decision, he would go to his favorite Pizzeria at exactly 5 PM as he had planned to do yesterday.
He was now more eager in his work and was looking forward to what would happen when he took this other path in his life.
He finished all his work he did yesterday at 15:30 and took his coffee break. He deserved it. He told Joe who was sitting beside him that the new film tonight is really boring.
Bill managed to complete one more job before five and he then went exactly at five out. He was rushing through the corridor and when he passed Julia he said: “Sorry, but not today.”. He went out of the building and on the way to his favorite Pizzeria. He was laughing when he realized what the meaning of “today” could have.
Bill slowed down when he understood that he was ahead of the time than usual. It had to be the same, just like a normal Monday. He slowed down a bit and then cept on as he would have done if he would not have known anything.
He was walking beside a road and everything was normal.
A big truck was slowly passing him beside on the left of the street. He looked at the truck and then he suddenly saw that it went over something that caused a blowout. The truck was continuing to move steadily forward, uncontrolled, and Bill looked ahead. The street light for the cars turned in that moment red and a group of children was waiting to walk over. Bill instantly realized what would happen - the truck would not be able to get under control and stop with a flat tire. Bill collected all his energy and was running for his life. He would prevent a disaster if he made it go right and was running faster than the truck, he ran like he never had done before.
He knew he would make it to warn the children in time not to cross the road and suddenly he realized what had happened to him.