10 Apr 2018

Losing the Meaning of Life by Natasha Titovich

Ted Johnson was an ordinary man who
had his own clothing store in northern New Jersey. He belonged to those people who are no different from ordinary Americans. At 35, his hair began to fall and the alopecia appeared on the crown. But in general he looked satisfactory. At age 32 he was able to find a woman who gave him a baby. Although he didn`t hope to have children. Friends always said that he jumped up in the last train of the pulling train. His wife had an incredibly beautiful appearance and that's why the baby was born extremely beautiful. The girl had thick blond hair and big blue eyes. At three years she attracted the attention of passersby. Dad loved his daughter very much. And like all the good dads, he could not refuse her. Never. My wife has always screamed him for it. She said she did not want to grow an egoist, but he contributes to it. He understood this, but could not argue with the big blue eyes of his daughter. She often used it.
Also, Ted could not forgive himself that he paid so little time to his daughter. The work forced him to travel three days a week. His wife did not complain about this. She always accompanied him and at such moments she had a good make-up and clothes. It seemed that she was going somewhere. But Ted tried not to pay attention. Also, he did not pay attention to the fact that she always stopped the call when he came into the room. She was beautiful, but stupid and naive. He believed that the day would come and he would drive her out, but now was not an hour. He did not want to divorce the child with her mother. The girl was too good. She deserved to live in an exemplary family. Of course, the family in which the mother betrays her father can not be considered exemplary, but there was no other way out. Especially if she left the family, she took the girl with her. He could not allow it. Parting with those blue eyes meant losing the meaning of life. But it happened that one day the girl almost lost the meaning of life.
Ted was going to another business trip. His clothes were already packed, and the suitcase stood in the corridor. Before departure, it took several hours. Ted noticed that his wife was looking forward to his departure, and therefore he wanted to go faster and not to look at her excited behavior.  He went to the room to say goodbye to his daughter. She always goes out to say “goodbye” herself, but that time somehow she did not go out. He saw that the daughter was sitting on the couch, her eyes lowered down. He approached her and snapped. She looked at him and said: “Dad, do not go today. I want to play with you or go to the park”. He smiled, kissed her and answered, "Excuse me, my sweet girl, I can not, I need to make money for us. I promise to bring you a toy. Do not be offended, lady”. It was painful for him to say this, but there was no other way out. He came out of the room.
He kissed his wife on her cheek, took suitcases and began to open the door. From the first time he could not open them and therefore he was forced to put suitcases and try again. But the doors did not open. He asked his wife to bring the instruments. Ted looked at the clock and realized that it was too late. His heart began to fight more often. He tried to open the door, but the attempts were in vain. But, fortunately, the neighbor heard strange sounds and decided to help. Ted quickly got into the car and went to the airport. He rode and thought only that he was late. But suddenly life forced him to forget about everything. The car, which drove ahead, drove a truck. That was a terrible accident. It's easy to understand what Ted's first thought was.
Sometimes fate keeps us from trouble.

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