A Story A Day. Story 94 of 365: Serendipity.

Enough was enough, did he really think he could treat her like that? As a servant? Always having to do what he wanted to? Always following him? It was her fault, really, for dating a younger man with mommy issues, she thought. But she was done, she was tired of having to prepare dinner every night, of listening to him complain about his 12-hour job. At least he wasn't expecting her to work! Her hands would be ruined if she had to work, or worse, her posture! She took one of her bags and packed her most precious clothes, then she took another one and threw her shoes in. She was almost leaving when she remembered about all her purses. Well, she could always make him mail them. For the last time, she checked she had her mobile phone and her credit cards with her, and then she closed the door behind her leaving the keys inside.

It was a rainy day, she opened her umbrella and hurried to the bus station. She bought a ticket for the first bus back to her parents. It was a disgrace having to go on a bus, but she wouldn't be able to make it to the train station. The bus was leaving in half an hour so she sat down on a bench, a young man sat next to her, she could feel him staring at her, but, of course he did, she was gorgeous, she though.

-Excuse me, Elsa?- he said finally.

He was an old classmate of hers who was going back home to visit his parents. She hadn't recognized him because he had been chubby back then, and now he was a handsome young man. Tanned, with black hair and a five o'clock shadow, his eyes were a bit small, as if he were squinting them. It would be a good way to rebound, she thought, not paying any attention to what he was saying. They got on the bus together and kept talking about their lives. They soon felt tired and fell asleep. The bus wasn't too full because people had decided to stay outside of the rain, so they could have taken a full row of seats for each of them, however, Elsa wasn't used to sleep alone, so she insisted on staying next to him.

In the middle of the night the guy woke up, the bus had made a sudden movement. He saw it sliding sideways and get out of the road. He made the best to protect Elsa. The emergency unit found him dead on top of her. She was deeply unconscious and her mobile phone kept ringing. On the other side of the line her boyfriend was calling her to know why there wasn't anything to eat.