Chapter 9

Sammy had an early recovery in the hospital and after a whole 3 weeks he was out of the hospital, hail and hearty. How glad he was to see the day light and all the beautiful flowers around him. He stopped to soak in the beauty of nature.

Things had changed for him in the past 3 weeks when he was all alone in the hospital. He had lot of free time to retrospect about everything he had done so far to his life. He knew that whatever he make of his life was his doing and he would have undo a lot to change it for the better.

He didnt want to be left alone. He wanted friends too. He wanted his family to show some love. But these things he realised were possible only if he took the first step . Maybe he should approach his new life differently. With a more positive approach to it all. He thought of looking at the bright side of every person and socialise more. The loneliness slowly encroaching his life was scary.

When he reached home he had a whole pile of junk mail to go through and couple of messages in his answering machine. He appreciated the junk mail today, he thought it was better than to have no mail at all.The answering machine was filled with office messages and just one other recent message with a big pause and no voice. He wondered about its origin. It didnt show up a number either.

He called his office and told them he was out on vacation and that he wasnt around town to take their calls. They said that they would appreciate if he could make it to office by Monday, to which he agreed.

His mind was still lingering about the blank message on his machine. Could it be her, he wondered! He was speculating if he should take the first step in his new life towards the one person he so wished to see. Meanwhile, the door bell rang and he opens it eagerly only to find the paper guy wanting to collect his dues for the month.

He wished his life to change, he was ready for his first step.