Curious

GARY'S POV

A call came in during the early hours of day from the hospital, it was surprising and for me to be getting a call this early it must be a matter of urgency. I picked up quick and it was Mrs amelia the front desk lady and the reception, she informed me Aurora was at the office to see me, i could sense the urgency the urgency in her voice, I had to set every thing I was currently doing aside to go and get her.

As I stared at her now, my lingering suspicion

was confirmed. She looked shaken by some thing, I did not know what, she looked sad too, it was every thing unlike the Aurora I knew, so unlike the bubbling lively Aurora I had become so accustomed to ever since our high school days, it was highly jarring and unsettling to say the least.

As we neared my house, a sprawling white building with floor to ceiling glass paneling, I pulled the car to a screeching halt, the tyres crunched the gravel beneath it raising both sand and dust.

"We are here." I announced and I swi