A Very Eventful Day

Today was Monday, December the 8th of 1980. It was a beautiful morning. But then again, everyday is a beautiful day. Today I decided to start off by heading to my favourite local barber shop as I noticed my hair was getting a bit too long. I headed over at 10am after having breakfast with my beautiful family. I came back home after a while with a piece of my hair for my wife, Yoko. I remembered she liked to collect strands of my hair. After my trip to the barber Yoko and I had a photoshoot with Annie Leibovitz for Rolling Stone. She took a few fun pictures, I couldn't wait to see them in the magazine. Later around 12:40pm, the RKO Radio team arrived at my apartment for an interview. I was walking down the hall and ran into my friend Paul Goresh and I immediately thought about the book he had left for me to sign a couple of days ago. The book was A Spaniard In The Works. "I'll sign it for you today, I promise." I replied after he asked me about it. I had completely forgotten to sign it. After I told him that he walked back outside. It was now 1:25pm. I finally started my two-and-a-half-hour interview with Dave Sholin. When I walked into the room I decided to do a little jump in the air while exclaiming "Here I am folks! The show's ready to begin!" and I spread my arms out. I could not have been more upbeat. In the interview we talked about my whole life story, from my Liverpool years to my relationship with Yoko and our son, Sean. He was born on October the 9th, same as me. We're almost like twins. So now I have a more reason to stay healthy and bright. We ended the interview and we all took photos together. I watched as they wrapped up their gear and walked out of my apartment. It is now 4pm. It was time to head to the studio. Me and Yoko walked out and started looking for my car, but we couldn't find it. "José, where's my car?" I asked the doorman. "It's not here yet, Mr. Lennon." he responded. I then noticed Paul was standing there. "Don't forget to get your book. Did you get your album signed?" I asked him. "I'll get my album signed tomorrow. I'll get the book before I leave." he told me. As I was talking to him, a guy with an overcoat approached me from the left. He didn't say a word, he just held out my album Double Fantasy in front of me. I turned to him and looked at the album. "Do you want it signed?" I asked him. He simply nodded. I noticed as I was signing the album Paul took a couple of pictures. I didn't mind. I handed the mute man his album back. He nodded and backed away. I thought he was probably starstruck so I dismissed his weirdness. "Well, our car isn't here, you're going to the airport. Would you mind giving us a ride?" I asked the journalist who interviewed me as I noticed he had witnessed the event that just happened. "Yeah, hop on in. We're headed the same direction." he said and I thanked him. Paul took a picture of me getting in the limousine and I let him. As the car drive off I looked out the window and waved goodbye to him and smiled and he waved back. It is now 5pm. On the ride to the studio, Dave, the interviewer, casually asks about my relationship with Paul McCartney. "Well, he's like a brother. I love him, family, we certainly have our ups and downs, at the end of the day when all is set and done I would do anything for him, I think he would do that for me." I told him. They dropped us off at the studio and we said our goodbyes. Yoko and I were putting the final touches on our track Walking On Thin Ice. I absolutely loved this song. I told Yoko I this was her first number one. That night we finished the mix and our record producer walked us to the elevator. "I''ll see you." he told us. Yoko and I took a cab home. "Shall we go to a restaurant or something before we go home?" Yoko asked me. "No, I want to see Sean before he goes to sleep." I told her. The car stopped and we got out. As I was walking to the building, I heard a loud noise. My ears were ringing. I couldn't hear anything. Another loud sound followed, and then another, and another, and another. I look over at Yoko and she was yelling and crying. I felt an immense amount of pain on my chest. I tasted blood in my mouth. My body gave out and I couldn't stand. I fell to the floor and saw a pool of blood forming around me. Everything stopped. I couldn't hear anything. I couldn't feel anything. My vision was blurring and then, everything went black.