The Phone Call- A short story | Short Stories

The Phone Call is a short story about a lady who receives a stranger call from an unknown boy who ask her for help. Its a beautiful tale whose ending surprise your the most.

The story is as follows: 

We had finished our dinner and after that my husband went on to the laptop to complete his office assignment and I went in the kitchen for completing some work for morning breakfast. It was 11,0 clock of night. I was cleaning utensils when a call came to my phone. As I was busy I ignored it, but when a second time it rings my husband said, “Diya, what are you doing, pick up the call, see who is there.” I said,” yeah, just a second.” 

Then, I clean my hands and looked at my phone to know who is calling but the number was unknown so I picked it. As soon as I said hello, I listened the cry of a child and who was asking for help, saying, “Help! Help! Please help, I am in the Taneesha Hotel at Shahganj, if anybody is listening, so please help me.” I was trying to know about the person and what was happen to him but until then the call was cancelled. 

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I became worried and disturbed, I immediately rushed to my husband and told him about that. He was busy, he said, “Diya, it will be a fake call, ignore it.” But I said, "no, how could I ignore it, the child was in pain and was asking for help." I also told him that he also provided an address and so they should  go and check what happened. He refused to go so I decided to go alone.

My husband many a times advised me to ignore it but I didn’t listen and I picked up my cell phone and  purse and said to him that I will return soon. Seeing me going alone at the night, he agreed to come with me,  said,"ok, just wait a second, I am coming.” After then we both get down the building and went out in the car. “What was the address?”, he asked. I said, “it was Taneesha Hotel, Shahganj.” “Shahganj, but it was in the main city, how could a child be in trouble, and tell me one thing how did he got your number, hmm. ” 

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I replied, “why are you blaming me, I don’t know how that child get my number but it's not the correct time to ask these questions, please drive fast, we have to reach soon. I am calling on the number but it's unreachable now, Taneesha Hotel, I don’t know anyone there but may be someone know me and he or she had my number in the contacts.” I was disturbed and was hoping for everything being  fine. My husband was driving and continuously advising me to be cool.

It was 20 kilometers away from my house and it was 11:45 in the clock. I was again and again trying the phone but it was not connecting. Thank God we reached the place, I came out of the car and looked at the building, it was very beautiful and very well structured and there was a quantity of peoples. I was surprised that how could it be happen that  there's no one to help a child and he was asking me to help.

 My husband asked, “we reached, but it is too large, having many floors, how we will search him?” I said, “I don’t know, the call was ended too soon and now it is not connecting, let me try one more time.” I called the number again, the call connects, I thank the god. The boy picked the call, I said "hello! hello, where are you, boy tell me the room.” 

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He answered, "Aunty, I am in room number 233, please come soon.” I said, “don’t worry, I am coming.” And I cancelled the call. Then I with my husband went inside the building, I was very angry at the staff but my husband requested me to be calm. He inquired about the room and then we reach the room.My heart was beating very loudly and as I reached the door of the room, I was hoping that everything should be fine, and as I opened the room I saw that the room was dark, the lights were off. My husband was just behind me, I asked, “Is anybody is there?” and then what happen was just a dream.

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Immediately, all the lights glows up and everybody there said aloud, “Surprise…., Happy Birthday.” I shocked, I said, “what?” I saw in front of me my oldest friends of my school and college times. I thought that may be it was a dream but then my friend, Nisha came to me, she asked, “did you like it?” I said, “you all, you all just killed me.” My husband said to me, “see, I was saying it from before that be cool and don’t be worried.” 

I met to all my friends, really it was a long time  passed after meeting them the last time at our wedding. I thought that I was dreaming. I had tears in my eyes as I was there with the best peoples of my life. Then, I asked, “who planned this?” My one of the friend, Ravi said, “it was the idea of your husband, he wanted to give you  surprise. He  invited us.”  

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I said thanks to all of them and to my husband, but I want to know that who was the little boy. Then the call again came to me, I received it and he said, "Happy Birthday Diya,”  I asked, "who are you?" and then all aligned aside and in front of me there stood my brother, Atul. I said, "Atul, this is you.” He said, "yes, di.” I said, "Aunty, hmm”. He smiled and said, "yes, aunty.” I hugged him and I thanked to all my friends and especially to my great husband for giving me world’s most shocking and wonderful surprise.

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