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Prompt #63 "Unfair" 375 Words
The inevitable phone call came a day after the draining events of the fateful bus crash and House and Amber's intense battle with life and death. Wilson refused to move from his now too big, too empty, bed as he clutched the last message Amber would ever leave for him again as the phone's shrill ring filled the apartment. Eventually the machine picked up and Wilson had no choice but to listen.
"This is the Princeton Police Department. There has been an accident and we have picked up a purse with the identification of someone living at this residence. You may come down to the station to pick it up if you wish."
Eventually Wilson recovered the will to claim Amber's things with the motive of wanting everything that was hers to be in his possession, where it belonged. After confirming his relationship with Amber he was given the final piece of the puzzle House was trying so desperately to solve just a day prior, the simple symbol of her identity. Just as his eyes threatened to tear up again, Wilson's eyes glanced over to see House's beloved flame cane in perfect condition.
Wilson found himself driving to the hospital with the cane in his possession, everything from claiming the cane to deciding to go see House was all in a blur. He stood alone in the parking lot fingering the cane that he knew was House's unspoken favorite with the full intention of presenting it to his friend when a sudden flurry of thoughts came to him. He did not want to show House a simple gesture of friendship, he did not want House to think that everything was going to be ok between them, and he realized he hated how unfair it was that a cane, House's cane no less, avoided fatal damage whereas Amber had not been so fortunate. Wilson then broke the cane in two over his knee and proceeded to smack the pieces against the wall in his rage.
After a few minutes of blinding rage, Wilson discarded the useless pieces of wood and left the hospital with the bitter knowledge of how unfair the universe was and that no matter what he did he could not change a thing.