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Episode 20 – Wreck of the Day

Part 1

Tommy's car was the only one left at the parking lot of the concert venue. He unwrapped the cupcake from its plastic wrapper, stuck a candle in it, and lit it with a match. He waited for the clock to turn. "11:59, happy anniversary" he said before blowing it out.

He pulled out of the lot and was turning at the intersection as two teenagers were drag racing and didn't see the car turning until it was too late. The first car hit the tail of the viper causing it to spin while the other car clipped the front of the car causing it to flip several times before it landed upside down.

Part 2

Jude had been tossing and turning and had just found a comfy spot on the bed when her cell phone started ringing frantically. "Aw hell" she said and put her pillow over her head. It rang several more times and then started beeping to indicate voicemail. It had been an hour and she finally yanked the covers off the bed and picked up her cell phone. The first message had been left after the show from E.J. who was wondering why Jude had bailed on her when she said she was going to take her out for her birthday after the show. The next couple of calls were from her parents, Sadie, Jamie and Kat wishing her happy birthday. Georgia had also called to wish her birthday greetings as well. The last message she had to replay several times. "Hi, Miss Harrison this is St. Vincent's Hospital in Honolulu and wanted to inform you that you were listed as an emergency contact for a Mr. Quincy. He was in a car accident tonight and you should come to the hospital as soon as possible." Jude listened to the envelope information for the message, "11:59."

Part 3

Tommy felt far away from his body but when he looked down and wiggled his foot he it responded. He saw a diner close by and entered. There was one person working behind the counter and an old woman sitting in a booth by the corner. She smiled at him as he sat down and asked him if he wanted to join her. He took a seat as the waitress came by and offered him a menu, but he just asked for coffee. She had a cupcake in front of her with a lit candle. "Are you going to blow it out" he said. "In a minute, you young people are so impatient," she said with a laugh. After she blew it out she offered him a fork. "What's the occasion," he asked with a mouthful of cupcake. "It's my 50th wedding anniversary," she said. "Where's your husband I'm not eating his half am I" said Tommy putting the fork down and guiltily swallowing the remnants of the cupcake in his mouth. "Don't worry my Thomas passed quite a while back" she said. "Anyways, he wouldn't want his half of the cupcake to go to waste" she said smiling. "You finish it," she said pushing the rest of her portion towards him. She asked him if he had anyone special in his life. He was reluctant at first, but he decided to tell her about Jude.

Part 4

"She sounds a bit like my Thomas," she said. "He was quite fiery; passionate about everything and living each day as if there were no tomorrow. He was quite the daredevil, but he always promised he'd come home to me. We had only been married for five years when I was told he got in a car accident; it was the big thing back then to drag race" she said. Tommy couldn't shake the feeling of déjà vu. "You never got remarried," he said. "Thomas was my one true love. It wouldn't have been fair to whoever came after him knowing that I would always love him and wouldn't be able to give my whole heart to them. There were quite a few offers," she said with a wink. "So why aren't you fighting to win her back," she said.

Part 5

Meanwhile in a hospital room; "He's flat lining," said the nurse. The doctor grabbed the defribulator, charged it, and pressed it to Tommy's chest.

Part 6

Tommy grabbed his chest. "Young man, are you quite, alright" the old woman said with concern. "Sorry, yeah I'm fine," said Tommy. "You're looking a little pale," she said. "Miss could you bring this young man a glass of water," she said. Tommy drained the glass and wiped his mouth. "Feeling better," she asked. Tommy lied and said yes. "You know it's not nice to lie to little old ladies," she said admonishing him. "I'm fine it just hurt for a second," he said. "Broken hearts always do," she said.

Part 7

"It's no good, try a higher voltage" said the doctor to the nurse.

Part 8

"So why don't the two of us think of a plan to get this girl of your back" she said. "She won't take me back" he said. "Have you tried" she said. "If your Thomas did half the things that I did to Jude would you take him back" he said with emotion. "I did or I was going to if he had come home that night" she said. "His passion for everything in life drew a lot of people to him. I had seen him kiss a girl and we had an argument that night. He was going to out that night, but said that he wouldn't so we could talk about what happened that night and I told him I didn't want to see him again. He insisted that he didn't want us to part angry, but I wouldn't listen to him and forcibly threw him out. As you can see from my size it took quite the effort" she said. He left and later that night a policeman knocked on my door and told me what had happened" she said. "My last words to him were said in anger," she said softly crying. "I'm sure he knew you loved him," said Tommy taking her fragile hands in his.

Part 9

Jude was sitting impatiently in the waiting room for the nurse, doctor; anyone to tell her what was going on. She started pacing, sat, stood; anything to keep her mind distracted from what was going on down the hall.

Part 10

"Why don't you pretend I'm Thomas and tell me what you would have told him had he not left that night," I said wiping away her tears. She sat there for a few minutes without saying a word. "I'm sorry I said those awful things to you, Thomas. I should have believed you when you said that it didn't mean anything and that you loved me and always and forever. I forgive you, Thomas. And I'll always love you." she said. Suddenly a sharp pain seared through Tommy's chest.

Part 11

"Okay people we've got a heartbeat," said the doctor. "Now comes the hard part," he said.

Part 12

"Thomas you have two choices," said the old lady. "You can either continue on your way or you can go back," she said. "What," said Tommy. "I know everything about you," she said with compassion in her eyes. "Who are you," said Tommy. "It's not important, what's important is the choice you need to make," she said. "Your body is in bad shape and it's going to take months full of pain and frustration to start recovering," she said. Suddenly fuzzy memories that had been on the periphery came back to him all at once. "Neither choice will be easy," she said squeezing my hand. "Are you prepared to let her go? Or are you ready to fight." "That's what I thought," she said. "How did you know what I was going to choose," he said. "Oh no, Thomas, the decision was completely yours to make. Free will, you know," she said. Tommy was about to say something else when everything faded to black

Part 13

"Miss Harrison," said the doctor shaking her shoulder gently. "We lost him for a few minutes, but he made it through the surgery and he's in critical, but stable condition" he said. He caught Jude as she fell and helped her to the couch. "Thank you" she said before letting go of the doctor's hand.