“Boom!!” The collision of the three cars sent flames going up the sky, with a few more cars running into them, the black Bugatti went flying over the bridge, following it was a BMW and screams could be heard going up in a crescendo. It wasn’t a lovely scene at all, alarms blaring, people running around in panic.
The birds who found comfort by the bridge rails all took off for their dear lives, people who were lucky to not get knocked over the rails jumped out of their cars and took to their heels.Parents running off with their children, let’s just say it was yet another dramatic morning in Las Vegas.** ** ** ** **“Do you know that our ancestors could move their ears front or back just like cats?” Aria asked while gently stroking the silky hairs of her brown furry friend.Rebecca furrowed her eyebrows; disbelief written all over her face. “That is a lie, I know where this is heading to and I want you to know ahead of time that I do not believe in human evolution,” she replied immediately and rolled her eyes from the opposite couch where she sat.Aria chuckled as she had expected the reaction. Knowing Rebecca too well, she expected the doubt. Rebecca was very dubious; she needed proof for everything new that she heard. She was a very obstinate and inflexible person but however, Aria was in the mood for an argument today, if not for anything, just to keep her lonely-self busy.“You have to believe it. Human evolution is real, our ancestors were much more like animals and many of the traits they possessed have been lost in evolution except for a few lucky genes. Humans used to be very hairy with longer nails and stronger Palmaris Longus Muscle that aided them in surviving in the wild. Pointy elf-like ears that are very movable,” she elaborated in persistence.Rebecca groaned and shook her head adamantly in refusal, “Oh great, so now we didn’t evolve from apes but elves? I am not going to accept that my roots can be traced back to a damn monkey. As for the ears, what makes you think that the ears can move, how is that even possible? I haven’t seen someone move their ears since I was born and that was a very long time ago,” she argued.Aria couldn’t help but chuckle, Rebecca was just twenty-five but she made it sound like she was fifty or something. Her exaggerations and unwavering stands in arguments were among the qualities Aria found intriguing about her.“Well, around the human ears, there are Auricularis ear muscles that nowadays are mostly too weak to use. Our ancestors used those muscles to move ears back and forth in order to respond to the sounds in their surroundings, just like the cat does,” Rebecca said and kissed Silver on its forehead.The cat mewed and jumped down from her body, probably bored by their conversation. It walked away from the sitting room and climbed up the stairs.“Look sister in law, I know that your father is a Doctor and I respect that. I have no idea what these organs you mention are because I have never heard of them before, but I refuse to believe that I evolved from an animal and that is final.” Rebecca stated with her mind made up.Aria burst into laughter and decided not to push any further. She was two years younger than Rebecca but they still hung around like they were age mates. Even at that, Aria knew when not to stop; her future sister in law had a very short fuse that could cut and unleash hell at any moment.Just then there was a knock on the door and Rebecca, who had been eager to get up from the goddamn couch, stood up immediately. “I will get it,” she said and before Aria could object, she was already heading for the front door.For some weird reason, she had Yoga pants on today, with a cardigan on top. Now this was just one of her crazy combinations, she could do worse on her good days. For a twenty-five years old lady, she had weird taste in cloth combos.The Queen Empire which belonged to the Queen family had one of the largest and most glittering sitting rooms in the city. The chandelier hanging high above the ceiling illuminated blue and yellow lights in strong watts.The well-polished floor was attractive to the eyes and the walls were painted in bright white color all through. The picture frames of the family ancestry hanging on the walls contributed to the creative décor and complimented the magnificent sitting room.Rebecca got to the door and opened it, she wasn’t too surprised to see Policemen standing out there; it was nothing new for the Queen Empire as there was always a reason for the police to come over.She believed that her elder brother Jimmy had probably messed up again as usual; he was always getting in trouble and the more the family got his ass out of trouble, the more he got into them; advising that young man was like chasing rainbows. Jimmy had only left the house just two hours ago and he was already in trouble, well he would just have to face the music.“He is not around, but if you insist on searching the place, then you can as well do yourselves a favor.” Rebecca blurted out and pointed into the house while standing away from the door.“Mr. James Queen is not around? Well, can we speak to any of his family members?” one of the two cops asked. His breath smelled of cigarettes and Rebecca was quick to notice, nothing went past her unnoticed.The one who spoke was short and chubby with beards like one of the ancestors Aria would mention in her tales, or maybe a dwarf if that wasn’t too much of a compliment.The other guy was much taller but it seemed like he was new to the job, probably an assistant or something. Rebecca thought he was cute but looked nervous like a fish out of water. Nah, a cat in a new environment sounds like a better reference; scared little cat!Forget the silly descriptions Rebecca had come up with for them; she however seemed surprised to know that they were not here for her brother. If they wanted to see her father or any other family member, then it meant that something had gone wrong.“My father? You want to see my father? Why? Is there a problem?” she asked curiously, her forehead creased.The short cop sighed and pulled off his hat, “We are sorry to inform you that your brother had just been in a terrible road accident. There was a major accident at the city bridge and about two cars were knocked off the bridge into the river. Before we could get to the scene, all of the victims had been rushed to a nearby hospital and admitted without identification. But we had finally been able to pull out the cars from the river and one of the plate numbers, I believe, was registered under your brother’s name, and so we believe that he is one of the victims of the accident.” He announced in a rush of words.Rebecca was left standing with jaws dropped and mouth agape; it was like she didn’t get them and she was still trying to understand what they just said.“Um… are you alright, ma’am? You are Jimmy Queen’s sister, right?” The tall guy finally spoke.That was when it hit her; they were talking about her brother. Jimmy had just been in an accident.“Dad!! Mom!!” she screamed and ran into the sitting room, leaving the police men at the door with a confused reaction.Rebecca’s scream had startled both Aria sitting on the couch and her brown cat sleeping on the stairs; they both jumped up and the cat fled to the first floor in panic.“Becca,” Aria called as she fondly does. “What is wrong? Who was at the door?” she asked anxiously while staring towards the entrance of the sitting room. There was a small corridor that separated the sitting room from the main door; a sort of hallway that made it impossible to see the main door.“Triple J has been in an accident!!” she announced immediately.Aria’s phone dropped from her hand and her brows snapped together, she might not be fond of her fiancé and even though they had fought over something this morning, she would never wish something so horrible for him.“What? An accident?” Susan stole the words right out of Aria’s mouth as she walked out from the corridor that led from the sitting room to her bedroom. She had rushed out after hearing her daughter scream and was just in time to hear Rebecca make the announcement.“Yes, mother. The cops at the door just informed me of it, they said his car jumped off a bridge,” Rebecca replied.Fear flashed through the old lady’s eyes as she heard that. “Oh my good lord, is my son okay? Is he injured?” she asked immediately in panic as she rushed towards the door to meet the cops who had not even been invited inside. Tears were already shimmering in her eyes.Triple J was the only male child and heir of the Queen Empire, it would be a huge blow to the family if anything happens to him, and Susan hoped not. She would have nothing to live for if her twenty-eight years old son had been taken away from her!!To be continued!!The Queen family got all the information that they needed about Triple J’s accident from the cops, including the name and address of the hospital where he had been allegedly taken to.Luckily, Mr. James Queen was in town when the incident occurred, he had headed straight to the hospital from his office and the other family members coincidentally arrived there at the same time.The Queen family hurried into the hospital and headed straight to the receptionist to ask for their son. It was one of the small local hospitals in the outskirts of the city. What was Jimmy even doing so far from home? He had only left hours ago Jimmy James Junior, or Triple J as he was fondly called is the first and only son of Mr. James Queen; one of the city's richest millionaires with the biggest wine producing company in Las Vegas.The Queen family was not just influential but one of the few millionaires with a legitimate source of income. As everyone knows Las Vegas is run by mostly gamblers and drug deal
The doctor succeeded at getting Jimmy to relax but he still didn’t remember anything, even after they showed him pictures of themselves together. The doctor tried to know his identity but he doesn’t remember any of that either, he can’t even say his name.The doctor had to run quick tests on him again and then he took Mr. Queen to his office to discuss with him. James was scared, he feared that the accident had resulted in a major damage to his son’s mental health and even though he tried to look confident, the fear of losing the family’s heir was very much visible on his face.“Sir, from the tests I conducted on him, it turns out that your son has suffered from a memory loss, he must have hit his head on something in the accident. I can’t say for sure what led to this condition but it was related to the accident because the little shift in his brain cells had occurred recently.”“Doctor, he was very much healthy this morning, and he still knew who I was, he still recognized his mothe
Jimmy walks into the major sitting room of the Queen Empire, they had just arrived home. The young man looked around but the place didn’t look familiar at all to him. He had been having small flashes of memories that disappeared shortly ever since he woke up but none of them had something to do with this house.The rest of the family were slowly following him behind, they had given him a little space to see if he would recognize the house but from the confusion on his face, they could tell that he remembered nothing.Aria walked up to him and intertwined their arms and fingers, he stared at her and she was glad that he didn’t panic. He hadn’t said a word to any of them since they left the hospital, but somehow she felt that wanted to be around her. She wouldn’t even come with them until she asked personally.You probably think it is normal because she is his fiancée after all but that isn’t the case. In fact, Aria is the last person that Jimmy would listen to. Yes, he was going to get
Aria climbs down the stairs slowly; she meets the rest of the family members downstairs. They were all seated in the sitting room with a worried expression on their face, Mr. James was still at home, aside from the fact that it was getting late already, he didn’t see the need to go to work while his son was unwell.“How is he doing?” Susan asked immediately she set her eyes on Aria, she got up from the couch and rushed to her future daughter-in-law.“He is fine, mom… I asked him to get some rest, so he is tucked into bed.” She answered.“Wait, he listened to you? Just like that?” Rebecca asked with a look of doubt on her face.“Yes, I was surprised as well. Is it just me or do you all notice the changes? I mean, he is different, so different that I doubt he is our Jimmy.” Aria blurted.“What are you talking about? Of course he is my son, can't you see that for yourself or did you also lose your memory?’ Susan queried.“No ma, it is not that. There are just these strange things since h
Aria watches Jimmy fall asleep, she is still surprised with what happened tonight at the Dining table. How on earth was Jimmy able to eat a lobster and not be in the hospital by now? She even had to feel the breath from his nostril to make sure that he was fine.She has known Jimmy for nearly six years and they have been engaged for six months, in all of that time, he has expressed his displeasure towards Lobsters relentlessly. The family still had it for dinner at times but they made sure to keep it far away from him, he wouldn’t even dare to look in the direction of it and sometimes, he wouldn’t have dinner with them because of it.Aria walked out and closed the door. She headed to the balcony on the second floor. That was her favorite spot in the building, it was not only calm and beautiful but had a nice view of the city.Aria dialed her father’s number the moment she was there, she had questions that she needed answers to, and since her father was a doctor, she expected to get th
“That is a sick haircut man, where did you get it?” Steve asked with his fake British accent which Aria found annoying by the way.Steve was Jimmy’s best friend and he had come around after hearing the news about the accident. It was still 10am and honestly, he would have been here as early as yesterday if he was in town.“Um… I don’t remember,” Jimmy replied with furrowed eyebrows. “You said you are who again?” he asked immediately.Rebecca almost choked on her laughter and they all stared at her in disappointment, she didn’t give a damn about what they thought of her, none of that did matter anyway, she was enjoying this.Steve turned back to Jimmy with an empathetic look on his face. “Oh man, this is so messed up. I never thought a day would come when you wouldn’t recognize me. I am Steve, your best friend, your buddy. I am sure you will laugh your ass out when this is all over and you learn that you actually forgot who I was.” Steve said and laughed.Jimmy also laughed nervously,
It had been over a week since the accident and Jimmy was yet to regain his memory. The doctor had assured them that he was totally fine, and his speedy recovery depended on him. It was now more of a psychological problem.According to the Doctor, he might have a bad memory that he is trying to push down and not remember, but as a prize to pay for that, his other memories won't return as well. So in other words, he was now responsible for his condition, he was making himself unable to remember because he was traumatized by those memories, he was in denial and his body was just responding to his brain’s command.Jimmy had claimed to not know what the doctor meant, he said he barely remembered anything, just flashbacks to a particular scene which always vanished before he could understand what happened there.On this very day, Aria walked into the sitting room and froze the moment she saw Triple J. She knew she had seen and heard strange things this week but this one was a complete shock
Aria whistled as she walked into the kitchen; she was so excited tonight that she decided to make dinner all by herself. The maids couldn’t be happier when they heard that they had been relieved of their duty for the evening.Aria couldn’t contain her excitement with the latest developments, she couldn’t believe how a bad news had suddenly been the best thing to happen in her life. Triple J’s accident had made him into the man that she always wanted as a partner.If he didn’t get in that accident, then she would have never known that he could be this caring, loving and respectful. Aria couldn’t explain how it happened but what she knew for certain was that the accident had changed Jimmy’s life completely.He went from being an arrogant, rude, spoilt jerk to a very calm, respectful, humble and loving gentleman. Something had happened to him the day of the accident that caused a turn around in his life, changed him entirely to someone else. Even Rebecca couldn’t help but notice the chan