The sky was grey as normal and the wind was still blowing against the overgrown trees but he could hear laughter, there were three kids playing hop-scotch in the alley by the road, Tom hadn’t heard laughter for so long he had almost forgotten it ever existed. He and his wife always use to laugh, they would stare into each other’s eyes and burst out laughing for no apparent reason, but she was gone taken from him without even a kiss goodbye. She had gone to work normal and she was on her way home in the car she had entered a major traffic in an attempt to escape it she turned into the next lane going in the opposite direction to try and turn around however she didn’t see another car in her blind spot, the other car crashed into her side and she was thrown out the side of the car and died on scene. Tom received a phone call that night and was told about the horrific accident ever since he has never driven or been in a car, he travels everywhere on bus.
Tom walked out of the bookies and went outside to see if he could find the children and sure enough there they were in the alley, he went up to a small scruffy little boy with fair blonde hair and blue eyes and asked him what they were laughing about, the little boy looked scared as if he thought Tom was angry and that he was going to hit him but Tom was a kind friendly man who didn’t believe in violence. The boys didn’t know what to do so they picked up their tatty football and run round the corner behind the bins.
Tom walked off and went back into the bookies, he was laughing to himself he found the whole thing hilarious as soon as he realised he was laughing he was shocked. He hadn’t laughed since Sarah had died he thought it would be a sin but now he could see it wasn’t.
He went into the toilets and put some ice cold water over his face in an attempt to check if he was dreaming but he wasn’t it was really happening, he was smiling and he was happy. He tried to stop himself but then he thought that Sarah would be happier if he was.
He went back into the TV room and placed a bet on a different horse, a random horse and sure enough he lost but it didn’t matter. Still everyday he carries on with the same routine but now he does it with a big smile and everyone has became nicer to him, he has now realised people aren’t full of deceit it was just the way he behaved, he only saw people as deceitful and charismatic because it was the only way he knew how to carry on his life without Sarah, his wife but now his life has changed for the better as he is soon to be married but every minute he remembers Sarah the way her hair flicked in the wind and the way her eyelashes fluttered at him the first day they meet. So Tom now knows not to judge people by the way the look or act and to get to know the person properly before he should pass judgement.