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attitude. Jake became a cynic, he didn’t believe in love as he already had an example, his mother, to look forand anything associated with it and moreover, he had no concept of what a family entailed. His idea of a family was the love that his mother showered on him. Therefore, over the time he changed into a hardworking businessman, who spent more time at his office than his home, although he was always available whenever his mother needed him. Life was going smoothly for him and he was happy with the way he was.
    “Good evening, Mr. Michelson!” his secretary called out as he passed her desk. He nodded in acknowledgment and kept moving towards the elevators. The employees of the United Group of Industries knew Jake to be quiet and personal as he didn’t converse much. Some feared his displeasure, some were just intimidated by him but he treated everyone cordially. He had only one friend, Gordon Blake. Gordon visited the office occasionally as Jake and he was doing a joint venture. Gordon was the jolly, friendly kind of person and all the females in the office mooned after him, but he was unaffected with such popularity.
    Jake walked through the lobby, with his coat over his arm as he took his car keys from one of the valet at the entrance to his office building. He walked towards his car, parked at some distance from the entrance. His mind was lost in the ordeal he had to face tonight with his grandparents being there as well. He was looking forward to meet his grandmother but he wished with all his might he didn’t come face to face with his grandfather. He was opening his car door when a screech behind him caught his attention. Turning around,he saw a female lying on the road, her body crumpled and blood was pooling beside her head and the car driver who had run her over revved the car and drove away. Jake ran over to her, shouting for a guard from inside the building.
    The guard rushed out, holding a band aid box in his left hand. He gave Jake the box but she was bleeding incessantly.
    “Do you think we should call an ambulance, sir?” the guard asked him, worriedly looking at the girl whose color was turning ashen gray due to loss of blood. Jake shook his head.
    “The ambulance will take time to come and we can’t let that happen. She is losing too much blood. Help me get her to my car and I shall take her to the hospital.” He said.
    The guard whistled and the two other guards came rushing towards them. There was a herd of onlookers collecting there. Jake, with the help of the guards laid her on the back seat of his car and drove towards the nearest hospital. He looked at her in the rearview mirror; she lay as still as death and he got more scared for her as the minutes flew by. Her face was slowly turning a weird shade of gray. Once at the hospital, he quickly got a doctor to treat her while he impatiently waited outside, completely worried at what had happened in the last few minutes.
    His cell phone rang.
    “Oh, shit!” He had forgotten about his mother and the birthday party. He was supposed to be there right now and his mother was waiting for him but telling her the predicament he was in was not the right decision at this time. He pressed the green button on his cell phone.
    “Hi, mom! I’m stuck in some work, you go on I’ll join you as soon as I am free.” He said.
    “Is everything alright, Jake? We had planned this party for weeks.” Sarah called back to him. 
    “Everything is fine, mom. I am in an urgent meeting right now. I’ll join you there in an hour.” He said, as the doctor walked out of the room. Pressing the red button on his cell phone, he stood up and walked towards the doctor.
    “Evening, Mr. Michelson.” The doctor called out.
    “Evening, doctor.” He called back. “How is she?”
    “She is already on the road to recovery but she lost a lot of blood due to the bruise on her head but she will be fine in a few days. Right now, what she needs is a good nap and then in a few