Homer Bell
Narrative Biographical
Mrs. Kahn
12/12/05
David’s Fork In The Road
The rain was so intense, the Sacramento River was on the brink of spilling over. The gray clouded sky expressed all that David felt deep in himself. Waiting on the cold table searching the walls for a soothing sight but all that’s found is thermometers, cotton, tongue depressors, and gauze. Someone’s footsteps could be heard in the distance. They seemed like his executioner walking the steps toward a guillotine with an axe in hand. The doctor’s strides are slow down the endless hall. The doorknob turns and Dr. Shaw, stone faced holding the folder that decides David’s fate, enters now without a sound in the room. All that can be heard is the rain pounding the window.
“Well doc, what is it?” Trying to hold back his anxiety, David struggles to speak the words.
“I am not good with sugar-coating these sort of situations, so here it is: You’re fine, David.”
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His name repeats in his head......
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