Rescue Me - J.D

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"Come in. "

A few seconds later, I heard the door knob clicking. The door opened a crack and I saw my dad's all-too-familiar shredded strands of hair. He looked at me with a rather worried look which leads me to conclude that he must have noticed my red eyes. I smiled at him and signaled him again to come in. He smiled at me and pushed himself through the small crack in the door. As always, I didn't close the door behind him which was typical for him and makes me smile again. I finally got a smile out of him, too. Dad still sits next to me with a smile on his face and puts an arm around him.

"My love, what's bothering you so much that you have to cry?"

He knew. Of course he knew. I've never been able to hide from him that I cried to be honest I didn't want to hide it from him either I just want to tell him I want my old life back.

"Did you tell Dad. . . I just miss Mum so much. " He answers me with a deep sigh.

"Dad I know Mum left us because of your drugs and I also know it's broken you even more. It's just like that. . . " I couldn't finish speaking because a finger was placed on my lips.

,,Pshttttt my love. I know, I know. I had a different idea about all this. "

"Dad ich". . . I try to finish my sentence again.

"Why aren't you with your friends? You wanted to meet them, didn't you?"

Dad seemed to me a little dazed I don't know why, but it feels like he's just losing touch with reality.

"Dad I think you should lie down. You look like you could use some sleep. " I looked at him with concern because unusually large sweat pearls had formed on his forehead.

"Maybe you're right, Skyler, and I should get some rest. " He pressed his fists to the right and left of him into my bed to push himself up. A look at his arms told me that he had begun to tremble unusually strongly. I looked up at him again and looked into a pale face whose eyes seemed empty.

"Dad, are you sure you can make it to your room or should I help you?" My voice sounded brittle, you can hear the worry in her clearly. The next moments must have lasted only a few seconds but felt like hours. Dad was wandering through my room towards the door at one moment or another and must have stumbled on something. I jumped up right away, but I couldn't save him from falling. The next moment there was a muffled sound. It was Dad's forehead that hit my floor. And suddenly it was dead still.

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Today's chapter was a little boring. I promise the next one will be much more exciting.

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