There are times that we can be happy, but all of a sudden, the happiness may vanish in a blink of an eye.

This is the story of Sean, a courier who worked across the US, driving his truck.

He had a happy life, despite always being on the move like the nomadic Mongols.

However, today's delivery turns his world of happiness upside down.

He was ordered to bring a package to a small city which is flourishing West of Nevada. He had founded the area years prior, and the government steadily build a community there which flourished.

It was a place that Sean can call home.

Sean drove the car into the toll booth, and gave his ID to the guard.

"Welcome back, sir. Another delivery?"

"Yes. I bring this, and I go again, like usual."

"Seriously, dude. You need a place to stay, rather than living in your truck 24/7!"

"Nah, I think this style of life fits me the most. I don't have a family, I don't even know where I'm born, yet I'm still happy."

The guard gave him back his ID, and Sean drove through the booth after paying.

Sean delivered the package successfully, to the local military base. He just smiled happily at the successful job.

Sean then left the city again, and stopped at a rest area one mile from it.

He ordered a hot dog from a vendor, and is about to take the first bite when suddenly he felt the ground shake violently.

It's not an earthquake, because of the fact that he sees a huge mushroom cloud rising from the horizon... Which is the direction of the city where he had just been from.

"No... What happened!?"

He stuffed his food into his lunch box, and hopped in the truck, before proceeding to drive towards the area.

When he reached the city, or what once was one, he exited his truck and knelt down on the ground.

"How...? Why does this...?"

He also sees people, who had became scorched and petrified, like statues. To his horror, they never noticed it coming. The explosion was too sudden.

But then he heard a voice coming from in front of him. He looked up to see the same toll guard, his body scorched and is barely recognizable.

"Y... You... The package..."

Sean took one step back.

"You... Did this..."

Then the guard's body crumbles into dust right in front of Sean's eyes. Sean then knelt down again, and screamed at the top of his lungs with tears running down from his eyes.

If only he questioned what is in the package, maybe this wouldn't have happened. If it was too suspicious, he would've thrown it away in the middle of the desert, where it's explosion wouldn't harm anyone.

Ever since that day, Sean fears going to sleep, as every night he dreamt of that day, and that guard's last words were buried deep into his mind.

Sean became cold, and unfriendly unlike his life before the city's destruction. He lost a place which he can call home, and for the rest of his life he lived on his truck, with the memories of the past haunting him every now and then.

- End