Ahmet Unal CAM, ANTON CHEKHOV, H.H. MUNRO (SAKI), H. P. LOVECRAFT, BJØRNSTJERNE BJØRNSON, STEPHEN LEACOCK, SHERWOOD ANDERSON, O. HENRY, AMBROSE BIERCE, MATSUO BASHO, JAMES JOYCE
“ Maybe it's your last day “
The Best Short Stories
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Table of contents
Maybe it's your last day
A Bad Business The Unrest-Cure Ex Oblivione The Father
My Financial Career The Egg
According to Their Lights The Mockingbird
The Aged Mother After the Race
Maybe it's your last day
By Ahmet Unal CAM
The man was agitated and angry, yelling and screaming at his wife. Hearing their father's voice, the two children got up from their beds and came into the living room. When they saw their father's anger, they were frightened and cowered, sitting quietly on each armchair.
The man continued to complain, ignoring the fear of his children and his wife;
I told you, didn't I? I did. I told him there was a meeting today and you needed to iron your light blue shirt. "Why aren't you wearing a brown shirt?" said. I'm giving a presentation today, am I supposed to look pessimistic, the audience will be bored! Is that what you want?
-Okay, don't be angry, the shirt's ready.
The man took the light blue shirt in a huff;
-Ready ! Of course it's ready! But is there anything I can't get past?
The wife looked at the frightened faces of the children and tried to calm her husband down again;
-Yesterday you left even later than this time, you have time, you can make it.
-He doesn't understand me, he doesn't understand. I have to go before everyone else so that I can welcome the important guests.
The man left more grumbling and shouting, started his car and drove away.
"I hope he doesn't have an accident..." the woman thought. She was worried about her husband's condition.
When the car driven by her husband drove away, she went to her children and hugged them, trying to comfort them.
-Since you are up early, I will immediately prepare and bring you a breakfast fit for a sultan.
She went into the kitchen and immediately turned on a radio playing cheerful music to dispel the restlessness in her mind. She put eggs on the stove to boil and started to heat milk in the coffee pot. She also put olives, cheese and jam on the table.
After a while he called out to his children
-Your breakfast is ready!
While the children were sitting down to breakfast, the music on the radio suddenly stopped. When the breaking news was announced, he turned up the volume of the radio a little more. There was news of a chain accident on the radio. The moment the announcer announced the scene of the accident, he sank into his chair. The crash site the announcer was referring to was the four-way intersection her husband passed through on his way to work every day.
She remembered that her husband complained about the traffic at this intersection and said that it was heavy every morning. "I hope he wasn't distracted by being late..."
The thought that came to his mind saddened him and he immediately stood up.
-Children, remember that it is forbidden to go near the stove. Eat your breakfast, go to the living room and play. I have to leave urgently, so don't open the door to anyone, okay?
Even though her children were well-behaved and obedient, she would warn them repeatedly if they had to leave them alone at home, even for a short time.
