Broken Dreams

Chapter Four- Wake up Call

~Lillian's Pov~

I woke up to the sound of whispering in the kitchen. I cracked my eyes open and there I saw Leo and my mother talking. I hope he wasn't telling her too much.

He looked over at me and smiled, he walked up to me and said "Morning Sleepyhead".

I stretched and said, yawning "morning.."

He smiled and kissed my forehead. "Well go get ready we are going to the store."

"But it's to earlyyy" I said.

"Oh boo hoo. Now let's go." I heard my mother say with a slight laugh.

I walked upstairs and looked around at my poster filled room. Walking over to my bed I saw a box. The box was my favorite color, black. With a white bow. I saw a little tag with writing saying;

From: Leo

To: Lilly

I love you

Happy birthday

I smiled and opened the box. It was a single black rose. My favorite color of rose. The rose had a silver ring band around its stem. It was carved with writing.

I love you, I will never leave your side.

My heart sank to my stomach, there was nothing that could top this gift. I felt happy, and confident. The voice was gone. I grabbed a basic black dress and called it a day. When I went downstairs they were gone, soooo I decided to take a nap. I went back upstairs and laid down. A few moments later I was asleep.

The dream was back. He was here but he was oddly gentle. He sighed and said, "Do you really want answers?"

I was hesitant "y-yes. I want to know why you're here, Why have you been torturing me?"

The voice says with a little bit of sadness in his voice "I'm.. I'm your father Lillian. I've been trying to protect you in any way possible. I suppose I was trying to let you know how it felt that Leo guy hurt you. I died When you were 5 Lillian. Your mother may have been telling you I left. And I did, but not in the way your mother was describing. I died trying to save you, we were in a rush to go somewhere, and the car. We crashed into another car. The car was on fire, and it was flipped. Your mother got out. But when we looked for you, you were knocked out and stuck still in the car. The flames were raging against the seats. I went in to get you, your arm was slightly burned..."

I looked at my arm and saw he wasn't lying, why haven't I noticed it before? There was a burn scar on my left arm. I never noticed it, somehow. I felt the burning sensation, when I closed my eyes I was on the side of the road watching this happen.

"...You were taking in too much smoke. I had to get you. I crawled into the fire and attempted to grab you. But you were stuck in the seat belt. It took a lot and hurt a lot but I eventually got you out of your car seat. Your mom was outside of the car, and I handed you to her. She grabbed you but I was then stuck. My foot was stuck under a piece of metal. I told your mother to go but she refused. Seeing her cry was heartbreaking. I said to her "I will always be with you, no matter where you are. I love you.." She screamed when another piece of metal fell. I smiled at her, as she backed away tears flowing down her face. I saw her through the fire and I felt tears welling up in my eyes. The last time I saw your mother was when she was holding you watching me leave this earth... I'm sorry Lilly," he said.

"What.. What's your name" I said in a very heartbroken tone.

When I asked him, he appeared in front of me. I saw him smile at me and said "Karlos..."

I started to cry looking at the ground. When I looked back up at him, he had his arms open like he was waiting for me to hug him. I was running towards him to hug him but I suddenly fell and woke up.

My mom was standing above me telling me to wake up. I wanted to tell her about the dreams but I was afraid she would think I was crazy. Or maybe she was in on it. It's my birthday. I should just enjoy it, I only turn 18 once...

I was happy but why would he just tell me this now? Why didn't my mom tell me the truth? I looked up at her my eyes barely open, she was saying "Lillian honey wake up." I sat up slowly, I look over at my alarm clock and seen that I've been asleep for at least 2 hours. It was about 2:35 when they left and it was 4 ish now. I grunt in annoyance. I stand up and walk with my mom downstairs. I see the living room was decorated completely. Black and white balloons floating to the ceiling. Sliver fringes hanging from the doorways. A lot of my family was there and so was Leo. They all stood there and smiled at me. I smiled back but when I got to the last step of the stairs I tripped. Fortunately Leo was near the stairs and caught me. I knew then that this moment was one I would never forget...

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