End of healy family

Submitted into Contest #49 in response to: Write a story that takes place in a waiting room.... view prompt

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Mr. Healy had taken into the waiting room for scrutinizing about his wife’s murder. And he saw their neighbors were already in that room with some strangers. He so crept and never talked to anybody about anything. He lived alone and latched himself in a room every time. So, because of his hostile behavior, nobody saw when he entered the room. Nobody gave him a seat although most of the seats were occupied and there were only 3 seats in the corner. He sat there and held up for his turn. And the next moment a stranger came to him and sat there. Mr. Healy looked at him awfully and the stranger looked back.

   The stranger initiated the conversation. He asked Mr. Healy that how he belongs to that murder, but in a jittering way. Mr. Healy was so sad and he ignored him. And in the middle of the room, there was a round table with 5-6 chairs a policeman came there and took a man in the corner and incited him to fight with Mr. Healy.

“Because 2 years back, Mr. Healy strolled through the dark road and he caught a policeman with some mafias. He was giving a suitcase to them. Mr. Healy captured the photo of them and sent it to the commissioner and after that, the commissioner made an inquiry and the policeman found guilty on that. Then, his brother joined the police department. And, when he saw Mr. Healy in that room, he made his mind to give Mr. Healy some serious welts and bruises.”

That man went to him and said something abusive about his wife who found dead in his apartment He stood and said what’s your problem? Why you displeased me by talking some shit about my wife. And he said go away from there I don’t want grapple. He went away and begun yelling loudly about Mrs. Healy. Then, Mr. Healy came to the man and smashed a punch on his face and the fight begin. There was blood everywhere and the policemen were so depraved he made bet on the fight and chuckled on them. Everybody was gobsmacked after looking Healy’s that version. At the point, everybody started tearing them apart. The brawl was on the verge of the end.

The doctor came there and made some stitches and give some medicines to both of them. Commissioner took that man for inquiry about murder and fight. That stranger sat near to the Healy and took care of. After a couple of hours, that stranger asked again his question and now, Healy gave him an answer.

 He said my wife was murdered in my apartment. The stranger said this was awful to see you in the pain. Do you know who was the murderer?

He said I am not sure about the murderer but this story commenced 2 years ago. Healy lost somewhere in thoughts. The stranger rubbed his hand on Healy’s bicep and Healy suddenly comes into consciousness again. he said I vividly remember that freezing night when I was crossing the lane to take the road which is used to be dark and also right of there was a dark forest and I heard the sound howl, amorous foxes, rutting deer, screeching owls, and all the cacophony of spooky nighttime sounds. But in those things, I overheard some men from the woods I heard it because it was not so much far from the road. I entered the woods to see what happens there. He saw a truck and some men stood there amongst them a hedonist talked to a policeman about escaping his brother from the central jail and he gave him a suitcase maybe it was filled with cash. He just completed their convo before that a man looked a silhouette of mine. He told everybody about me and they ran to me. They fired some shot to me but luckily, I escaped from there. However, the policeman knew about me and he said to them and they attacked me and I got injured I had some shot on my bicep and leg.

He showed his bruises to the stranger.

Meanwhile, my children came to my place to take care of me. However, they still attacked me and my children too. One day my son went out for taking some medicine for me and that bastards kidnapped him. At that point, l called the commissioner and say all the things to him. He started the investigating after some 15 days later his body was found in a sewer tank without the head. Meanwhile, the murderer-cum-kidnapper sent his head to me. And that night someone threw a bomb in my house. But unfortunately, I was in the hospital for the autopsy of my boy. At the same time, my girl was in the house she also got died by a bomb blast. Now, I was alone and lost everything in a minute. Commissioner was fretted for me and took me to his home.

A hiatus came into the conversation. Because the commissioner took the next person for inquiry. Meanwhile, the stranger was intrigued by his story. Now the room was empty there were only 3 people the stranger, Healy, and that injured man. An injured man saw Healy and grinned cunningly. He ignored him and again started his story.

After the funeral of my children, my wife reached me. She lived with me and cried all the time. She was depressed and sick. One day we slept and two infiltrates entered into my apartment to kill me and my wife. But there was dark in the room and they couldn’t see anything. Meanwhile, l woke up to give medicine to my wife. I went to the living room and hear some kind of noise. As soon as l switched on the light, I was attacked they threw a stone sculpture on me and I was injured and unconscious. Then, I found myself in an ambulance when l was conscious. I saw a body next to me. Also, police were investigated by my house.

They took me to the hospital and I had a bad feeling about my wife. Moreover, I was fretted for her. Then, a doctor came to me and said that Mrs. Healy found died in your home. I cried and then the police took me here.

The stranger said I think it was done by the mafias. But Healy said no police encountered him with his whole team on his cruise and the policeman is in jail. I don’t know who they were and why they killed my family.   

And the next moment, the commissioner came into the room and said I got some clues about the culprit who did all the things to you. But you have to aware and make yourself conscious because It has not been found yet. The commissioner took the stranger for inquiry.

Now the room was empty there was only Mr. Healy who was oblivious to the fact that he can’t sit that empty room alone. But he felt weak after that fight and he wasn’t able to walk on his own. He needed help and he yelled but nobody came there everybody ignored him and then a man came into the room he had a sharp knife and then he went near to Healy. He punched his face with the pillow and attack on him by the knife. He cut his throat and made some red wounds on his face. Then the killer vamoosed in a minute.

After scrutinizing the stranger went to the room again because he attracted to Healy and wanted to help him. He found his body into the room he cried loudly and the commissioner heard that sound emphatically he went to the room and called an ambulance for autopsy.

 The stranger was astonished to look at Mr. Healy’s body. That waiting room's conversation will make Healy alive in his mind. He will never forget what happened to him and who did it.

The conversation has been ended but the case never. 

July 10, 2020 14:57

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