He grew up with loving and caring parents who gave him everything he wanted even though they didn't have so much. He loved the fact that they can always afford the things they wanted when due. He is the only child and that's why he gets all the attention in the world from his parents. He was contented with who he was with them because that's all that truly matters.
He was sleeping when his father came into his room and left a 5 dollar note under his sheets. He woke up half-heartedly to see his father vaguely and then heard when he told him he dropped the money. They were going to a party and he would be alone in the house with his favourite grandma.
They left for the party and the grandma came for that purpose to stay with Eric. She got there a day before since she got the heads up that they would be going to the party and wouldn't be nice to leave an 8-year-old all by himself.
The party couldn't be avoided because it's for another close friend who is more like a family to them and the party went so well. On their way coming back from the party, they were involved in a car crash where both the father and the mother died on the spot without even making it to the hospital. They were hit by a drunk driver and the twist of the matter is, the drunk driver only got scratches all over without major injuries.
The grandmother was called and they were told how her son and daughter-in-law died on the spot after the heavy collision. It was tough on Eric and he had to live with his grandmother. It was a tough moment for them, with tears and regrets. Eric thought over and over again about how he wished he had given both of them a hug at least for the last time or maybe he had seen their faces at least. So many things kept playing on the mind of this 8-year-old but he got no answers.
After a week, the lawyer of the drunk driver came to the house to see Eric and the grandmother with a settlement offer for them. Eric stood on the stairs while he listened to this lawyer explaining to the grandmother that it was the only offer on the table. He saw the lawyer as a cold-hearted human who knew they had no resources to pursue the case and arm-strong the old woman into submission as they got the check rather than justice for the drunk driver.
He vowed he would become a lawyer and he did. He looked up this lawyer after many years - some months after his grandmother also died. He went to his office to let him know he is a lawyer now and he should be ashamed that he covered for a murderer. As fate would have it, there was a case that involved this lawyer and his firm. He pleaded that he take over the case and when his superior knew the story as to why he wanted to take the case, he allowed him.
He won the case and he was super excited to have stuck one over the lawyer that let the murderer of his parents get away with it, with just a monetary settlement. He didn't care who this former lawyer was representing too because this former lawyer was representing an elderly woman who was supposed to get a settlement but Eric twisted the whole case that this woman got nothing in return just so he could stick it to the lawyer.
The lawyer later went to him and told him he might have won the case but he just became like him based on what he did to the old woman he represented. He reminded him no one can correct a wrong attitude with another wrong one but what stuck most with Eric was the document the lawyer gave him afterwards which clearly states that his father had too many drinks at the party too which led to his death and that of his mother.
He found it so hard that his father was partially responsible for his death and that of his mother. The lawyer said that was the evidence he presented to the grandmother which made her accept the settlement because she knew also that maybe the father would have in some way avoided the collision if he hadn't taken any drink too.
Eric looked at the file with tears rolling down his face for not knowing this truth. He knew right there that his grandmother kept the story away from him so he wouldn't blame his dad for the accident that night.
Thank you for your time.
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Creció con unos padres cariñosos y atentos que le daban todo lo que quería aunque no tuvieran tanto. Le encantaba el hecho de que siempre pudieran permitirse las cosas que querían cuando les tocaba. Es hijo único y por eso recibe toda la atención del mundo de sus padres. Estaba contento con lo que era con ellos porque eso es lo único que realmente importa.
Estaba durmiendo cuando su padre entró en su habitación y dejó un billete de 5 dólares bajo sus sábanas. Se despertó a medias para ver a su padre vagamente y luego escuchó cuando le dijo que había dejado el dinero. Iban a ir a una fiesta y él se quedaría solo en la casa con su abuela favorita.
Se fueron a la fiesta y la abuela vino con ese propósito para quedarse con Eric. Ella llegó un día antes ya que le avisaron que irían a la fiesta y no sería bueno dejar a un niño de 8 años solo.
La fiesta no se pudo evitar porque es para otro amigo cercano que es más como una familia para ellos y la fiesta fue muy bien. Cuando volvían de la fiesta, sufrieron un accidente de coche en el que tanto el padre como la madre murieron en el acto sin llegar siquiera al hospital. Fueron atropellados por un conductor ebrio y lo peor del caso es que el conductor ebrio sólo tuvo rasguños en todo el cuerpo, sin lesiones mayores.
Llamaron a la abuela y les contaron cómo su hijo y su nuera murieron en el acto tras la fuerte colisión. Fue duro para Eric y tuvo que vivir con su abuela. Fue un momento muy duro para ellos, con lágrimas y remordimientos. Eric pensaba una y otra vez en cómo le hubiera gustado darles a ambos un abrazo al menos por última vez o haberles visto la cara al menos. Tantas cosas se le pasaban por la cabeza a este niño de 8 años, pero no obtenía respuestas.
Después de una semana, el abogado del conductor ebrio vino a la casa a ver a Eric y a la abuela con una oferta de acuerdo para ellos. Eric se quedó en las escaleras mientras escuchaba a este abogado explicar a la abuela que era la única oferta que había sobre la mesa. Vio al abogado como un ser humano de corazón frío que sabía que no tenían recursos para seguir con el caso y armó a la anciana para que se sometiera mientras conseguían el cheque en lugar de hacer justicia para el conductor ebrio.
Juró que se convertiría en abogado y lo hizo. Buscó a este abogado después de muchos años, unos meses después de que su abuela también muriera. Fue a su despacho para hacerle saber que ahora era abogado y que debería avergonzarse de haber encubierto a un asesino. El destino quiso que hubiera un caso que involucrara a este abogado y a su bufete. Le rogó que se hiciera cargo del caso y cuando su superior conoció la historia de por qué quería llevar el caso, se lo permitió.
Ganó el caso y estaba súper emocionado por haberle ganado uno al abogado que dejó que el asesino de sus padres se saliera con la suya, con sólo un acuerdo monetario. No le importaba a quién representaba este antiguo abogado porque este antiguo abogado representaba a una mujer mayor que se suponía que iba a obtener un acuerdo, pero Eric tergiversó todo el caso para que esta mujer no obtuviera nada a cambio sólo para poder pegarle al abogado.
El abogado se dirigió después a él y le dijo que podría haber ganado el caso pero que acababa de caerle bien por lo que le hizo a la anciana a la que representaba. Le recordó que nadie puede corregir una actitud errónea con otra errónea, pero lo que más se le quedó grabado a Eric fue el documento que el abogado le dio después, en el que se dice claramente que su padre también había bebido demasiado en la fiesta, lo que le llevó a la muerte y a la de su madre.
Le pareció muy duro que su padre fuera parcialmente responsable de su muerte y de la de su madre. El abogado dijo que esa fue la prueba que presentó a la abuela y que le hizo aceptar el acuerdo porque también sabía que tal vez el padre habría evitado de alguna manera la colisión si no hubiera tomado también alguna bebida.
Eric miró el expediente con lágrimas en la cara por no saber esta verdad. Allí mismo supo que su abuela le ocultó la historia para que no culpara a su padre del accidente de aquella noche.
Gracias por su tiempo.
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Nicely written dear friend.
Most time we are driven with the quest to revenge and this really cloud our sense of reasoning until something bad happens.
It was a good thing he got motivated by the lawyer but on the other hand it was bad what he did later on
It is important to leave revenge unto God though.
Thanks for sharing dear friend.
That's so true, Gideon. He got blinded by revenge when he should have focused on the good thing that came out of it; desire to be a lawyer and make a change.
Una historia muy triste pero que suele pasar en casos de accidentes por conductores ebrios, yo hasta el final pensé igual que el joven que el conductor era el culpable y el abogado era un ser sin corazón. Me gustó el desenlace pues la verdad siempre sale a la luz, gracias por compartir.
Me alegro de que te haya gustado y sí, la verdad salió a la luz y no como Eric quería. Muchas gracias.
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