My New Twisted Life

The new life

After a span of time, the doctor looked at the nurse and said “Give me the reports.”

The nurse nodded and passed the file to him. He checked every detail minutely. All the test results were normal. His stomach was also cleaned thoroughly and there was no trace of benzodiazepines in his system. Then why he was behaving like this. The doctor cast a confused look at Bruno whose curious gaze was wandering between the doctor and the nurse.

“Mr. Smith… your reports are all OK. You will be fine after taking a rest.”

Again Mr. Smith… Due to anger and frustration, Bruno’s blood boiled and he opened his mouth to curse but he felt a dull ache on his head. He whimpered and pressed his forehead, closing his eyes. A strange scene flashed in the back of his mind. Someone was driving a car but suddenly a huge truck rammed his car. He snapped open his eyes and his hands started shaking in fear as though the incident had happened to him, but he could swear on his life that he experienced nothing like this before. What was going on? Was he seeing things? Was the scene he just perceived now from the future or from the past? He couldn’t make head or tail.

On the other end, the doctor murmured something to Philip Russel, and turning his head to the nurse, he said “Prepare him for the test.” With that, he walked out of the ward, followed by the nurse.

Bruno looked at Philip Russel. God only knew why he was feeling that he knew this man very well. Suddenly a name popped up in his mind ‘Phillip Russel.’ He never heard this name but his gut feeling was telling him that this man’s name is Phillip Russel. Now Bruno was utterly confused. To clear his doubt, he called him “Phillip Russel?”

“Yes, boss.”

Though Phillip was surprised by the way his boss addressed him, still he responded. His boss always called him as Philip never called him in his full name.

Bruno was too shocked to react. Suddenly everything turned blurry in front of his eyes and he lost his consciousness. Phillip was scared to death and shouted “Boss, boss… what happened to you?” Rushing towards him, he tapped on his face and pressed the button to call the doctor.

In his dream, Bruno saw that he met a car accident and after that accident, his lower body part went numb. His fiancée left him because of his condition and he attempted suicide twice as he lost hope in his life. Slowly he opened his eyes and stared at the white ceiling blankly. He never experienced such things but still, he was feeling an indescribable pain in his heart as though he lived those incidents. Tears welled up in his eyes.

A ward boy came and pushed him out of the ward for MRI. Bruno was completely lost in his thoughts and he felt like all his energy drained away from his body. The enthusiasm and happiness that he felt a few hours ago thinking that he was alive, was replaced by an unknown fear and pain.

More than an hour later, he was pushed to the ward and the ward boy laid him down on the sickbed. Phillip stood beside the bed and asked “Boss, how are you feeling now?”

Bruno looked up at him for a while. He still couldn’t understand why this man was addressing him as ‘Boss’. But he was too lazy to argue. He closed his eyes and said, “I am fine.”

Phillip thought that he might be feeling not well, so he didn’t disturb him further and sat down on the sofa.

The strange memories flooded Bruno’s mind increasing his restlessness. What on the earth had happened to him? He had no idea that after surviving that deadly attack, he would face such weird things in his life.  

After a while, he felt the urge to urinate. He glanced at Phillip who was busy working on the laptop and called him “Hey Philip, I want to pee.”

“Yes, boss.”

Phillip closed the laptop and came to him immediately. With his support, Bruno got off the bed and dragged his numb legs to the bathroom. After finished peeing, Phillip helped him to come out of the bathroom but suddenly Bruno’s eyes went to the mirror, hanging on the right side of the wall before they could reach the door. His body tightened and his eyes went wide while staring at the reflections on the mirror. He could see Philip’s reflection as Phillip but why his reflection was not his.

Phillip could notice the change in his reaction and stopped his steps while looking at his boss. Bruno’s face turned as white as paper and fear could be seen evidently in those deep black eyes as though he saw a ghost. Phillip was puzzled to see his flustered face and parted his lips to ask something, but before that, he heard an ear-piercing scream.

“Ah…”

“Ah…”

The bathroom was vibrated by their screaming. Bruno stopped shouting and glaring at Phillip, he asked “Why are you yelling?”

“I got scared to hear your shriek.”

Phillip sounded tensed and looked at him in confusion. He couldn’t understand why his boss was acting so weird.

Bruno’s mind was in mess. He was unable to think anything properly. He was getting shocks one after another the moment he regained his consciousness. First, he found out that his legs were not working, then he perceived those peculiar memories and now he came to know that his entire body had changed. This was too much for him. “Take me to bed.”

Nodding, Phillip took him out of the bathroom and helped him to lie down on the bed. Just as he turned to go to the sofa, he heard his boss saying “Hey Phillip… tell me about this body.”

Phillip turned to look at him, jaw fell apart. Seeing his shocked expression, Bruno cleared his throat and corrected his sentence “Tell me about ‘me’.” He quoted ‘me’ with two index fingers of both hands.

Phillip was feeling very helpless. His boss was a very serious man and never liked joking around, but who knew why he was behaving so different after the third attempt of suicide. Could be that due to the grievance he had become mental? A cold sweat broke out on his forehead when he thought about it. He said worriedly “Boss, why are you joking? If you are not feeling well then just sleep for a while.”

“Do you think I am joking? I am fu**ing serious.”

Phillip’s ears stood straight and his eyebrows furrowed after hearing his furious tone. He knew his boss temper was very bad and after his disability, he always remained in an angry mood. It was better to not provoke him. Otherwise, who knew what thing he would pick up and throw at him. Without delay, he started praising him “Who doesn’t know about the multibillionaire president of ‘Smith Groups’, Elijah Smith. Various businesses are running under ‘Smith Groups’, like hotel business, constructions, telecoms, science and technology research department, and IT sector. Right now you are handling the research department and IT sector mainly, but other departments need your or your father's approval to proceed with any new plans.” Philip went silent and looked carefully at his boss’s expression.

Bruno was looking ahead in a daze. To his surprise, he was aware of all this whatever Phillip said just now. He even could recall how his office looked like. His expression was pensive. Now he was sure that this body was not his, but Elijah Smith’s. He lost his body in that deadly attack and possessed this new body. Heaven had granted a second life to him. He couldn’t understand whether he should feel happy or sad. He looked down at his legs and thought about how he could spend his entire life with this crippled body. God had punished him for his bad deeds in this way. ‘Hah…’ He sneered in his mind.

Suddenly a glint of hope flashed in his eyes. He not only survived but also came out of the swamp of the crime world and got a chance to spend his life without fear of getting caught by police or to be killed. This was not less than a blessing. And for these paralyzed legs… He would ask the doctor if there was any chance of improvement. Till then he should enjoy the wealth and power of Elijah Smith, that was now his. Corner of his lips hooked up with a sly smile.

Phillip was even more puzzled. He never saw this type of smirk on his boss’s face. Narrowing his eyes, he stared at him incredulously. Just then the ward door swung opened and one elderly couple came inside. All thanked Elijah’s memory that Bruno recognized them with the first glance. They were Elijah’s parents, Mr. Greyson Smith and Mrs. Diana Smith. Both of them bored different expressions on their faces. Greyson Smith was glaring at him with an angry expression while Diana Smith was staring at him affectionately. The pain was written all over her face.

To show his courtesy, Bruno opened his mouth to greet them but before he could say anything, he heard Greyson’s icy cold voice “I didn’t know that you are so weak mentally. Despite trying to get well soon you attempted suicide… not once but thrice. Are you out of mind Eli? Is that woman more important than your life?”