Roy struggled awake at 2:15am as his work phone nagged him out of his sleep. He worked for Global Oil and was “on call” as medical advisor for the night.
They were calling him from offshore that one of the men had gone berserk and also fallen. They had him in a straight jacket sedated and the chopper was ready to leave if he and his colleague could be at the Airport to meet him.
Roy was on his way with his colleague within 20minutes. Roy had been working for Global Oil for a couple of years and had done this a few times now. They picked up the offshore guy and took him to A&E.
Roy saw a woman at A&E he had never see there before. He felt the hairs on his neck rise. He could only see her face. He said his name, of course he gave his adoptive name, and for some reason he said his date of birth. The woman looked longingly at him – she could remember that day so clearly over twenty years ago. She was Roy’s birth mother and that day their life changed forever. “Hello son” she said.
Short story in 200 words – Simon Watts October 2011.
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