THE RIGHT DECISION

“Now you decide who will die…” Christopher said & smiled.

The situation was critical. Natalie & Homer were kidnapped as Christopher had planned. He had brought them to a specific place. They were kept alone in two different rooms; far from each other. Christopher was present in third room, at the same distance from both of them. He had planted bombs in Homer’s & Natalie’s rooms. The bombs could be controlled by three remote controllers, & he had kept one controller in every room. There was communication system installed in each room. Each one could see other two persons on the screen & talk with them.

“The controllers possess two buttons.” Christopher said, “The right button controls the bomb in Homer’s room, the left one controls the bomb in Natalie’s room. You have five minutes to decide…”

Homer interrupted him, “Keep waiting, you ************; but neither of us is going to do that. We love each other…”

“Let’s see whether your love is worth your life. Your time starts now…” Christopher.

“You don’t listen to him, Natalie. He just wants us to kill each other so that nobody will blame him.” Homer tried to explain.

“I am frightened, darling; he is going to kill us.” Natalie.

“Don’t worry, we will escape.”

“I don’t think u will. If nobody can take the decision I will press both buttons...” Christopher warned.

“Wait, I want to confess something” said Natalie, “Your family was killed by Homer; not me”

“Why are you lying Nats, it was your idea. You mixed the poison in their meal” Homer clarified.

“But it was you who bought the poison” blamed Natalie.

“’Coz you wanted so & I was unaware of it then”

“Don’t try to save yourself by blaming me.”

“It’s you who is trying to do so”

“So let it be; but I don’t want to die. I love you, but not more than myself. I won’t die unless I kill Christopher.” She said & took the controller.

Homer shouted, “Don’t try to act foolish Nats, don’t press it”

“I’m sorry, but I’ll have to…” & she pressed the right button.

That produced a loud noise. Christopher was not able to see anything on the screen as the blast destroyed the communication system. But he understood what had actually happened. He went to the room where Homer was kept. The scene melted his heart.

He said, “Did you see, Homer; Natalie’s decision of pressing the right button was right.”

“It was God’s decision to save me. But why did you lie about the buttons?” asked Homer.

“Coz I wanted to find out who is guilty. The right button was connected to the bomb which was kept in her room. I was sure the murderer will try to save his own life. You blindly loved her, but she didn’t deserve it. You were lucky; she tried to kill you & eventually killed herself. I have taken my revenge. My mission is over. Now you may go.”

Homer left the room & after sometime, he saw the bomb blast in those rooms. Christopher had pressed both the buttons to kill himself. “You were right, Christopher. I was lucky. Forgive me.”