A Misapprehended Message (part 1).

Assamualaikum readers :)

I have a story titled "A misapprehended message". First of all, I would like to emphasize the word misapprehend. Misapprehend is a synonym of the word misunderstand.

Here the story begins....

Abu and Minah are a very loving and sweet couple. This is an observation commented on by practically everyone who knows them. They have been married five years and they still behave as if they were newly-weds.

They are the perfect couple, so much so their friends are envious. Abu is an engineer and about two years after his marriage, he was had been sent by the Government to serve in the rural and backwards areas. Since (This a clue to use present perfect.) then, the couple has been living in a very small village in the 'middle of nowhere'. After four years, they had already gotten used to be living in such that area. They were well-known for their friendliness, their kindness and also their helpfulness. All these have made them popular among the villagers.

Things in Abu's household had been running very smoothly until recently when Minah started complaining about not feeling well. It so happened that there were no hospitals nor clinics in that village. There was only a small medicine shop to attend to the ills and ailments of the people. The nearest hospital is about forty miles away and they have to cross a very wide expanse of water in order to reach the hospital. Therefore, owing to the inconvenience and trouble involved, Minah had refused to go for a medical check-up, even with the persistent persuasion from her husband, Abu, knowing the stubborn streak in his wife's nature, he had to give yup his futile attempts.

One evening, Abu had returned home from work, later than usual. The reason was that he had been tied up in his work. To his surprise, for the first time in all their five years of marriage, his wife was not there to receive him at the door, no warm or welcoming smile, no one to that bring to him his slippers, no one to tend to his needs, no one to fuss over him and finally, no dinner awaited him. With his heart in his mouth, he searched for his wife in the whole house. His heart missed a beat when he found a slip of paper on the dressing table. There was a message which said ; 'SAYANG, LEFT FOR THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ; NO TIME TO INFORM YOU. LOVE, MINAH !' Abu stared at the message, doubting and in disbelief. He read the message over and over again hoping that he had read wrongly....

*to be continue..