Chapter 25: The Well

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             So My Darling - Rachel Chinouriri

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                           My baby, my boo.
                        You are my best friend. 
                        You are my best friend.
               Remember, I'll always love you.

                                                                                   ┘

The baby reached another hand up and grabbed a hold of my other finger. I stopped thinking such shameful thoughts and smiled at her. She laughed and then gently pushed off of her legs jumping a little, I laughed at her little dance and then she said something that shook me to my core.

"Da-Da."

I felt my breath being caught in my throat. I gasped for air and panted heavily. I felt my lip begin to quiver and tears began to roll down my cheeks.

"I'm your dad?" My voice broke as my lip trembled. The little girl let out giggles and shook her head yes, then used her tiny finger to point at me. "Da-Da!" She squealed happily.

The tears only fell harder, and I desperately wanted to hug the child which was in fact my daughter. I sobbed quietly, and held my hand with my extra hand. The little girl broke me from my sobs when she tugged on my velvet tie. I quickly looked up at her with loving eyes, she used the same finger she pointed at me with and pointed it towards the window where the forest was seen, "Mama".

I gasped suddenly remembering the task at hand, "Is Mama in the woods?" I said with a sincere voice. The little girl beamed with joy and shook her head yes. I smiled at my daughter once more, before leaning down and attempting to plant a sweet kiss to her forehead.

After I pulled away I felt my lips tingly, "Odd.." , I then looked down at the girl and she was holding her forehead in shock. 'She must have felt that too.' I thought to myself.

I glanced down at the alarm clock on the girls nightstand, I gasped at the time that was read, "11:50 p.m." . I said goodbye to my daughter and ran out of the door, down the stairs and then out of the living room to the front porch, all while fumbling my hands through my pockets trying to find the letter I'd wrote for Y/n.

I grabbed Rosie's hand and practically dragged her through the forest, "Will what's going on!? Where are we going!? Is the-" I cut her off, "Just shut up and look for a willow tree, and then once you find the willow tree look for a damn well!" I said in a huff as I ran through the forest away from Rosie, and desperately searched for the Willow Tree and Well.

3 minutes had past by and I still couldn't find the Well, but I wasn't giving up. I searched frantically for it, when Rosie screamed out to me, "I found the Well William!" I quickly ran over to the well, and fumbled with the note in my hands then grabbed a pen and quickly wrote down another sentence to the letter. I then grabbed the letter and gave it to Rosie.

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