Brad’s party

I accidentally met my childhood friend, Brad, in a downtown market. He looked weak and fragile, but I stopped myself to refer the same. Instead, I invited Brad for coffee near the lake view. He accepted it with hesitation. I smelled some problem but deviated the topic by reminding him about the good old days of school.

I ordered a cappuccino and observed that he denied for anything. He profusely ignored my intrigued, and then I smartly initiated about the Halloween parties we had attended together during school days to make the environment easy for both of us. There was a loss of eye contact from his side as if he is not willing to sit there for long and looking for an excuse to leave. And I guessed it correctly; he gave an explanation by telling that he forgot to meet someone somewhere due to prior commitments.

Later I promised myself to figure out my assumptions; I had for him. Brad had blood cancer and he is in its last stage. I was shocked and perplexed because he was never into smoking or drinking or in any bad habits. Eventually, I decided with my friend to throw a party by inviting all the schoolmates and collect fund as much as possible for his cancer treatment. As Brad was facing financial loss also after his father’s death, he could not afford to take care of his medication properly.

Hence we successfully managed about twenty out of forty schoolmates and asked them to donate some fund and also to join the party we are arranging. Duration was small, but everyone agreed as Brad’s health needed immediate attention. We booked pearl balloons, beautiful lamp shades, glitters and many other beautiful decorative items from party store online.

Hall was decorated, and his whole family, friends and some cancer patients were waiting for Brad. Brad was astonished after hearing the story of each cancer patient’s struggle and embraced the moments appropriately. Striking decorative elements from party store online enhanced the look of the hall beautifully. Then we neatly placed the fund on his mother’s hand and announced the name of the NGO, who got ready to take care of him along with the other patients present there.