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Here’s the 4th chapter of Then Life Happened- A Collection of Short Stories.
THE BYSTANDER’S SHOCK
Grant worked as a Lab Assistant in Hae Rin’s Lab. All that he knew, he had learnt over the years from different scholars who came and had gone. He was still learning. Hae Rin was a patient tutor when it came to explaining things. Grant had taken a liking for the soft-spoken girl and was quite taken aback when he found that she was pregnant and was planning on keeping the baby. He had tried to explain about the hardships of being a single mother and the kind of harassments she would have to face. She was adamant and wouldn’t hear a word. Gradually he had stopped talking to her, though it pained him to watch her struggle.
This day was eventful. They had couple of demos, a few elaborate experiments too that kept everyone on their toes. Reluctantly, he had coerced Hae Rin to take some time to rest instead of running around. The girl looked exhausted, what was she thinking working in this condition. But, who could beat sense into that girl. And then there she was a few hours later, lying in a pool of reddish distilled water. Grant was shell shocked. For him time stood still as Hae Rin crashed into the distillation machine and dropped down splaying water and shards of glass all around.
Read Chapter 1 here-https://www.satpar.in/then-life-happened-micro-story/
Chapter 2-https://www.satpar.in/then-life-happened-micro-story-the-wake-up-call/
Chapter 3-https://www.satpar.in/then-life-happened-micro-story-the-silent-yearning/
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