Práctica Man on The Edge

What would you do if you get fire on job? And what if your wife cheated on you? But, what if both of them happens at the same time, and you don’t even have any family to support you? This is the problem that I have. With no job and no wife, I decided to go to the Harbury Hotel and end my life, because now I’m not only alone, I’m also broke. But, why jumping from the highest floor of the hotel? Why not empoison myself, or run into the next train I see? 

Well, it's easy. I’ve never had any family, any love. And as far as I can see, the only love I ever had was a lie. Everything was a lie.

So here I am, waiting to the best moment to jump, where there are more people to see it. To make her realize how bad she has done. Even a police officer tried to convince me not to do it, but I will, sooner or later.

The more I see below me, the more people there are. Even television cameras have come. Now it’s the moment, I jump.

During the fall, all my life passed in front on my eyes, since I was little, in the orphanage, mi childhood years, my most precious memories and my worst too, the moment I got fired, when she confessed me to be cheating on me. Everything. Then, just the moment before impact with the pavement, the brightest of the lights appeared, it wasn’t even human. 

Two seconds after, I was standing on my feet. Was I dead? The room where I was was completely black and white. Like a futuristic movie, filled with strange computers and colour lights. A man in black was standing right next to me, he was wearing a helmet and a cloak. Black too. I only heard the sound of his breathing, like if he was suffering from asthma.

Then, he raised his head, looked at me, and said: “I am your father.”