"Don't leave Calvin", Calvin's mother said to him as he walked out the door. Calvin Peters is a young man who just left home for the first time and is embarking on the newest, most daring chapter in his life so far. Calvin is traveling to New York to embark on a new journey and is leaving behind his mother, father, and two younger sisters. Calvin has never been far away from home and his family fears that he may have made a huge mistake, and honestly so does Calvin.
Calvin arrives in New York and immediately notices how much bigger, brighter, and more frightening it is compared to his hometown in Indiana. He meets a few people in his new apartment building and throws himself into his new life. On his third night in town Calvin decides to go out and explore a bit. He goes to all the "touristy" places, where no real New Yorker would be caught dead. When he arrives home he see she has four missed calls from his mother. Calvin tries to call her back but the call is dropped several times. Calvin attributes that to his phone, something's always wrong with it these days. A couple months ago his phone got water damaged and ever since it has had problems here and there.
Calvin went out for the day to pick up a few things around the city and when he got home he found that he had missed a call from his mother. She left a voicemail and Calvin decided to listen to it after dinner. When he was finished and had tidied up a little he remembered to listen to the message. "Calvin oh hunny, we miss you so much. I think about you everyday and pray you're ok, love you." Calvin and his mother had always had a strained relationship and didn't know how he should react to her voicemail. Part of the reason Calvin moved was so he could leave behind the fighting and yelling at his home. But deep down he knew how much he missed his parents, siblings, and even his hometown. He felt homesick and felt a deep longing for his home. Even though Calvin knew that he could never go back there, three months ago his life changed forever.
Calvin is not able to go home because in reality he died three months ago in an automobile accident. It was late Thursday night and Calvin was driving home from a friend's house while on the phone with his mother. They argued and in frustration Calvin threw his phone on the ground causing him to swerve of the bridge he was driving over and into a river. Paramedics were unable to resuscitate him on scene and it was ruled an accident. Calvin's mother calls her son's phone everyday just to hear his voice on his voicemail. On the good days she will leave a message on the bad ones she will just call and call hoping for an answer one day.
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