Keiran heard the series of crashes from out in the garden. He ran through straight away.
He found his grandfather lying at the foot of the stairs. His eyes were open, and he had a slight smile on his face.
Keiran pushed his head. It felt loose.
"Wake up Granpa", he said. When no response came, he started sucking his thumb and moved through to the living room.
"Dad! Dad!" he shouted over the chatter.
Aaron looked over, and seeing the look on Keiran's face jumped out of his seat and made for the door.
"What's up son?" he asked.
"There's something wrong with Granpa. He won't wake up."
"That's not unusual, son." Aaron said, throwing a smile to the group behind.
"I don't know. Look."
Aaron moved into the hall, and froze for a second. Autopilot kicked in, and he took Kieran through to the kitche.
"Jane...Jane. Look after Kieran. Dad's had an accident."
"Is it bad?" Aaron's eyes told her everything she needed to know. "Did he see it?" she whispered, nodding down to her son.
He nodded.
She knelt down and hegged her son. "Are you ok, sweetie?"
Keiran shook his head and began to cry.
Aaron went back to the hallway, picked up the phone, and dialled emergency.
After explaining to the woman, he grabbed a jacket from the hooks in the porch. He closed his father's eyes, looked at him one last time, the draped the jacket over his body.
After the hustle and bustle of clearing the house and the men in white coming to remove the body, Aaron locked up and headed home.
Four months later, Jane and Aaron were headed to Disneyland. Kieran sat in the back, squirming with excitement.
He was playing with a battered toy soldier. It fell into the footwell, and Kieran unclipped his seatbelt to retrieve it.
Aaron wasn't concentrating, unused to driving on the wrong side of the road. He turned left at a roundabout. Despite the low speed of the crash, Keiran was catapulted through the windscreen.
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