Only…

He was only young, but he always helped his mother with the shopping.

It was only a last-minute decision to pop into the supermarket for a couple of items. It just happened to be on their way home. She only needed bread, milk and a can of their favourite peaches. She had asked him to look for the peaches while she got the rest. The only place he could find them was in a very high stack at the end of an aisle. One of the tins at the bottom was sticking out a bit. He only had a moment to step back, as the whole thing began to fall apart and come tumbling down.

It didn’t take long for the entire tower to collapse, sending cans rolling away down the aisle, towards the checkouts and the main entrance.

At first, because the supermarket was quiet at the time, he was the only one to see what was happening.

Following the crash, it was only a few cans that managed to make it all the way to the front entrance and pass through the automatic doors. These were still open after someone had gone through only seconds before.

Three of them managed to roll out and travel across the entire length of the carpark, with only one making it all the way to the main road. It came to rest in the centre of the road, next to a white line.

It was only this one that caused the oncoming car to swerve and mount the pavement.

What followed… everything that came after…

Putting to one side the ghastly events that came about following this, it is sufficient to record here that following the statement given to the police by the boy, consisting mainly of an apology, was his final comment.

With heartfelt honesty he said that he ‘was only trying to help’.

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