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Chapter #7
Barely miss a horrible death
by: Unknown
"AHHHHH!!" screamed Kaleb at the top of his lungs as his wheelchair zipped out of control across the busy road. The truck swerved and barely missed the wheelchair by mere inches.
The truck driver pulled over his machine almost immediately down the road. The man got out of his truck and ran for the boy to see if he was alright. Katie also rushed to her much loved big brother's side, after checking to see if it was safe to cross as she'd learned in kindergarten.
Little two year old Kraig grinned and watched from the exact spot he'd pushed Kraig's wheelchair down the hill and into the street, a grin on his face as if he'd done some wonderful thing.
Jack ran past Kraig, hearing his son's cry as he and his wife were about to leave in the car, followed closely by Matilda.
Kaleb lay there on his back where he'd landed on the sidewalk across the street. He felt so helpless, so weak. He hated how he was paralyzed. His mind immediately recalled a moment two weeks ago. For exercise, he wheeled himself down the street to the local park. He saw a group of boys and girls his age and a little older playing a baseball game from his vantage on a nearby path. He watched as they all played and laughed happily, using their legs to run as fast as they willed, as free as could be. He felt so left out, so weak and helpless. He was depressed because he couldn't play like a normal little boy. He felt, even at the age of 9, that the world was passing him by. And it all was because of a stupid wheelchair and a stupid disease.
His mind returned to reality when he heard his mother, his father, and his baby sister screaming his name. "Oh, baby baby baby baby..." repeated Matilda over and over, kissing her eldest baby and stroking his forehead.
"I'm so sorry," apologized the truck driver, "he just flew in out of nowhere. Thank God I didn't hit him... don't think I could bare that."
"You and me both," nodded Jack before he turned to his son, kneeling over his first born boy. "Son, are you alright?" he asked.
Kaleb looked at his parents, his mother crying, his father concerned. He also saw his sister looking teary eyed too behind his mother. "Mom, Dad," he began...
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