Twist of Fate
Two
The phone call came at 6pm. Jeff was out to dinner with his longtime girlfriend Trish Stratus. Jeff excused himself from the table with an annoyed sigh as he went to answer his cell phone.
Matt’s frantic voice poured from the phone, “Thank God you’re not at home right now Jeff.”
“I told you Trish and I was going out tonight Matt. What’s going on?”
There was a short pause on the other line as Matt seemed to be choosing his words carefully. “I went to your house to tell you that I won the US Championship and your house was on fire. Jeff your house burned to the ground.”
A wave of shock rushed over Jeff, nearly knocking him off his feet. He was sure that nothing was left on that could’ve started a fire.
“Jeff, you still there?” Matt asked worriedly.
Jeff cleared his throat and nodded forgetting that Matt couldn’t see him. “Y-yeah I’m fine. Listen I’m coming home ok?”
“I’ll come get you in like 10 minutes. You should tell Trish.”
Jeff nodded as he hung up the phone and closed his eyes. His whole world was in that house.
Trish walked over to Jeff, a look of concern on her face. “Jeff, what’s wrong?”
“T-that was Matt. He just told me our house burned down.”
Matt’s frantic voice poured from the phone, “Thank God you’re not at home right now Jeff.”
“I told you Trish and I was going out tonight Matt. What’s going on?”
There was a short pause on the other line as Matt seemed to be choosing his words carefully. “I went to your house to tell you that I won the US Championship and your house was on fire. Jeff your house burned to the ground.”
A wave of shock rushed over Jeff, nearly knocking him off his feet. He was sure that nothing was left on that could’ve started a fire.
“Jeff, you still there?” Matt asked worriedly.
Jeff cleared his throat and nodded forgetting that Matt couldn’t see him. “Y-yeah I’m fine. Listen I’m coming home ok?”
“I’ll come get you in like 10 minutes. You should tell Trish.”
Jeff nodded as he hung up the phone and closed his eyes. His whole world was in that house.
Trish walked over to Jeff, a look of concern on her face. “Jeff, what’s wrong?”
“T-that was Matt. He just told me our house burned down.”