Chapter 3
"Andrew, I can't stop thinking about Scott and his family," sighed Monica. "Monica!!!, It's 5:50 am, Go to sleep!" he said, obviously annoyed as it was the third time she had woken him up that night. "Sorry" she replied, trying to hold back the tears.
Andrew lay awake for a while after thinking about what he had said. "Monica, are you awake?" "Yes Andrew, I am, but you go back to sleep, after all it is 5:50 am" she sobbed making Andrew feel even more guilty.
"I wanted to say sorry for speaking like that to you earlier" he sighed. "It's not because of that I'm crying, It's because I keep thinking that if Scott had stayed in the park a bit longer he wouldn't have been in the accident", "None of this is your fault" he said "I know, but if he had stayed in the park a few minutes longer they may have not crashed into the lorry" she said, still crying. "You didn't know this was going to happen, neither did I, but now that it has, all we can do is accept it, we can't change anything".
Andrew sat up in bed and put his arm around Monica, "Andrew, and thank you" she smiled. "Thank you for what?" he asked, "For being a great friend, and always being there for me" she replied. "Monica, I love you more than you can imagine" he replied.
By 7am they were both ready to go the beach. "C'mon angelgirl lets go" he smiled. "Hang on a minuet, Tess has left us a note," said Monica.
'Dear Andrew and Monica,
Sorry, but I had to go, I have another assignment.
I'm not sure when I will see you next, but don't go
too far from the caravan. Good luck on your
assignment.
Love Tess'
"Oh well, do you know anything about this?" she asked. "Nope" he replied, "Now c'mon, let's go".
On the way them passed a coffee shop, Monica looked at Andrew, she didn't have to say anything, "Ok, one coffee" he laughed opening the door.
"Two coffees please" smiled Andrew. "OK I'll bring them to your table" replied Cherilyn, the waitress. "Andrew, are you sure Scott and his family will survive?" she asked, "Well...I'm not sure yet" he said as he reached for her hand. "I honestly don't know". Cherilyn had been listening them from the kitchen, "Um...I couldn't help hearing that you were talking about someone called Scott" she said looking at Andrew, then at Monica.
"Um... yeah we were, I met this little boy in the park on Thursday..." I know they were in a car accident", said Cherilyn. Andrew and Monica looked at each other puzzled. "Yeah, how did you know?" he asked, "His mum is my sister" she replied.
