His name is Steve Martinez, a middle aged businessman; he’s a type of person who has everything, and nothing. He is an owner of a very successful telephone company. Despite his success he feels all alone in this world.
He left his family at a very young age because he feels that a perfect person like him would never fit with the lifestyle of his family. This event crushed the heart of his family, especially her sister. Now, he is the face of the phone companies, without his knowledge these phone companies will never be built.
One day, after a very successful business meeting, he heads home. As he was changing to his sleeping clothes he suddenly felt dizzy and he fell. The next morning he was found by his maid. “Sir! Sir! Are you okay?” she asked. He slowly opened his eyes then he speaks “What happened?”, “I found you lying down on the floor, sir” “I think we should get you to the hospital” the maid asked, worried. “Yeah, thanks for the suggestion, I’ll go later.” He replied.Later that afternoon, he went to the nearest hospital. The doctor took some blood samples to examine what happened to him. Then the doctor said to come back after two days.
Two days has gone by, he came back to the hospital, he was afraid of the result of the test. As he was waiting, his sweat is slowly dripping down his cheeks. The doctor finally talked to him. “I’m sorry Mr. Martinez, we got the results from your blood count, and it’s not what we hoped for. Your CBC was abnormal and your white blood cells were six times its size, your hemoglobin is very low.” “Wh-What are you talking about? Can you speak in plain English?” He replied shaking. The doctor said “You have a VERY serious disease, it’s called AML, it’s some form of leukemia and based on the results I honestly say that you have roughly 10 days to live, if you’re lucky you might end up living in one month or two.”. Steve bursts into tears as the doctor started to pat his back and suggests that he should spend his last days with his loved ones. He thought of his family.
Hours later, as he was driving home he stopped by the sideway and blankly stares at the stars. He felt the weight of the world in his shoulders. He also felt that his life has no more use and he just want to die as soon as possible. But before he will commit suicide he’d like to speak to his family one last time.
The next morning he called the phone number of her sister, she answered the phone but as soon as she heard his voice she hangs up the phone. Steve was left broken hearted but he accepted it. He thought he’d just left her a voice mail, “Hey sis, how are you? It’s been a long time, how’s mom and dad? I hope they’re fine, I miss you guys. I just wanna say that I’m sorry for everything that I did, especially to you, so I’m sorry. This might be the last time that I’ll talk to you, so bye, take care. Love you guys.”
The sister felt horrified of what she did to him through the phone, so she went to his house. Moments later Steve is at the rooftop of his four storey house, he’s ready to jump. The maids were looking above and shouting “Please! Don’t do it sir!”. He acted like he didn’t hear a thing and he just drank the scotch down. Then a car rolled over, door opens, it was his sister. The maids told her where Steve is.
She hurriedly went to the roof, as Steve was about to jump, but she was able to catch him, then he hugged him and she whispered into his ears “I forgive you, whatever your facing right now, I’ll help you through it, I love you. Don’t do this, if you think you’re weak, you’re not, you’re stronger than you think.” He hugged her, they cried.
After that, they had a lengthy conversation regarding his problems, and then her sister suggests that he should talk to their parents. He agreed with her. The next day they went to her house because their parents live with her.
As Steve entered the door, his father saw him once again and he said, “Steve, is- is that you?” “Yes pop, it’s me little Stevie.” They ran towards each other, and they hugged ever so gently and tightly, Steve speaks “I’m really sorry pop! I’m sorry for everything!” “It’s okay son! I forgave you a long time ago, I’m just glad I saw your face once again!” the father replied. The mother saw them, she got shocked then she ran towards them and hugged them like there was o tomorrow.
After their dramatic reconciliation, they held a conversation. “SO what are you going to do now? You only have little time left.” The father asked. Steve replied, “What I should’ve done a long time ago. I will spend a lot of time with you guys and I’m gonna help the needy.” He felt very uplifted when he said this.
He didn’t die in an exact 10 days, he was able to live one whole month, and that one month was the best month of his life. He felt very contented with his life. He died smiling.
