Blondie

You might want to hold on

After the golf high everyone was on settled down, I lit a fire on the beach and sat in the sand when a familiar southern voice spoke up. "Got your light Blondie" I looked back and he handed me the flashlight I won in the bet. He sat down beside my and I looked at him and he looked back.

I tilted my head and slowly put out my hands to his face. He let me and trusted me surprisingly. He didn't swat my hands back and move his head back. He stayed in place and let me touch him. I positioned my hands so my thumbs would be gently touching his nose and having my palms lightly touching his cheeks.

"You need to fix your nose" I pulled my hands back and he laughed. "What like you did" I smiled at him before responding. "Yes, exactly" I playfully nudged him with my shoulder and he responded. "Fine alright" I immediately turned my head back at him and shifted my body so I'd be directly in front of him.

"It'll hurt a lot more because it's been setting, as in it's been in this state for days so it's adjusted and feels normal but it's not" I put my hands back on his face the same way I did before. I looked at him and he looked right back at me, directly in my eyes and smiled. I looked down and spoke up again. "Ok you might want to hold onto something, uh grab my wrists"

He looked at me confused. "If you feel pain, squeeze them, you do remember I'm an assassin. I think I can handle you" He laughed as he gently placed his hands on my wrists. "Ok on 3, 1, 2!" I pushed it back into place on 2 instead of 3 and felt him grip my wrists. "You said on 3!" I laughed before responding. "Anticipations the worst part" I pulled my hands off his face and gently touched his nose to make sure it was ok.

"Good as new!" He looked at me and smiled. "This a bad time to tell you, my insurance ran out" I laughed and looked out to the fire when the the doll fell out of my pocket and into the sand. Sawyer picked it up. "What's this? Don't tell me your getting sentimental on me blondie?" I didn't laugh which he knew I thought I would and he handed me back the doll.

I cleared my throat before speaking. He told me the truth so I had an obligation to tell him mine. "It's the last gift my dad ever gave me" Sawyer looked at me. "I hate to sound rude but that's a doll, a kids doll and your what 29, 30?" I looked down and sighed before looking back at him and gently touching the doll.

"I was 9, He was an awful man and a brute, cheater. He never had a nice thing to say and never a nice thing to do" Sawyer continued to look at me letting me speak. I started to get more emotional then before. "I had a sister, her name was Charlotte. She was 4 when she died. My dad loved his alcohol and had anger issues, not a very good combo. He would hit me and my sister. Scare us, make us feel like nothing. "One day he got mad, knocked my sister down and she just didn't get back up" I had tears streaming down my face at this point when I saw Sawyer move closer to me.

"On my 10th birthday, he got me this. A ceramic told that looked my sister that he killed. On that day I was taken in by the Marine Agents and didn't see him again for 20 years" I was almost sobbing at this point. Sawyer felt sorry for me I could tell, he felt sorry he snapped at me not knowing that our childhoods were so similar.

I looked at Sawyer before speaking again. I held the doll in my hand and started to sob. "For 20 years, I couldn't let him go. He was always with me. He never left... he's with me.. he's trapped me... he... he" I felt myself abruptly grabbed by Sawyer and he held onto me. He stroked my hair as I cried as I sobbed. "Your ok, he ain't here, he's gone. He can't hurt you anymore"

He continued to hold onto me and keep me close to him. "I killed him..... I killed him" He looked down. "Then he's really gone then, he's gone and not coming back. Your safe, I've got you, I've got you" He held onto me for what felt like forever. I felt safe and comfortable with him and in his arms. He pulled me closer to him and still continued to hold me.

I was so overwhelmed I didn't notice in the distance Jack looking over.