At home she sat on her bed and patiently began to read whatever Jack had written. Though it was incomplete, it made much sense. He had written:-“Today I want to tell the whole world that I love Joan but I cannot tell it to her. I know she loves me too and if she gets to know about my feelings, her love for me will increase more. Oh God! Why did you make me the patient of cancer? Why do you want to take me away too early? Only few months are left for me to leave. I don’t want her to cry, I don’t want her to feel lonely after my death. She doesn’t have anyone except me and when she will come to know that the one she loves is suffering from cancer and that he will survive only for a few months, her heart…” “ ...Will break!” Joan completed the incomplete sentence with tears rolling down her cheeks. She couldn’t help crying and finally decided that she will remain normal before Jack and whatever happens she will express her love to him. The night was too long for Joan. It was difficult for her to wait. She was eager to meet him and tell him how much she loved him. So what if he will survive for a few months only, he was the only one in her life. She could at no cost leave him like that. Jack was disturbed as he had lost the paper. “If Joan has taken the paper then she will get to know everything,” he thought. “It will make me mad. I am going too far. I know I will not survive but still I want to let you know Joan how much I love you. Only this night, yes let this night pass and you shall hear from me the three most awaited words for you,” Jack thought in his mind. The next day both of them ran to the sea shore to express their love to each other. But as Joan was crossing the road, a truck hit her and she fell on the other side of the road where a car crushed her. By chance Jack came there and when he saw the huge crowd, he tried to see who it was. He was shocked to see Joan lying on the road with blood flowing from all over the body. He ran to her and said, “Joan! Joan! Somebody please help me in taking her to the hospital.” “No Jack. I won’t…”and she took a deep breath. “I love you Jack, I read your page. I am happy I am dying before you. It would have been more painful to see you dying .Ah!” I love you too Joan.” “Ya ..I know...” and she slowly closed her eyes to leave for the next world. But she had a smile on her face. She was contented. At last she got someone who loved her but then God’s wish was to take her away.
“This is not fair God.” Jack looked up in the sky and cried. “You have left me alone once again. When this poor girl and this poor boy got happiness, you took her away without even thinking what I will do without her. After a long time she got happiness and when the time to enjoy came, you took her away.” A stranger held the hand of Jack and said in a low voice, “Joy comes after sorrow. But people are never satisfied. They just want happiness. Didn’t you see the smile on her face? At least she was satisfied—she got you and you too loved her, this much was enough for her.”
this is tooooo tragic
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