IN HER SHOES (A Christian Story)

Dream

Grace's POV (aka Sultana's POV)

Dream.........
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Dad was about to jump off a cliff. He looked broken. I ran to him. He looked at me with pain and regret in his eyes. I felt tears well up in my eyes.

I'm sorry. His emotion-laden voice was cracked and full of pain.

He jumped.

I jumped!
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Jesus!

I woke up to find Blessing lying beside me.

Oh, I slept here.

I slept in her room. Her short black hair was in two braided ponytails. Her fairly dark skin glowed in the faint nightlight. I carefully stood up from the bed. I tiptoed out of her room and went straight to my dad's room.

The door was open. I peeked inside. He wasn't inside. His grey duvet was crumpled on the floor. His white bedsheet was scattered in the bed. One of his three pillows was on the floor. Another was at a far end of the room. The last one was at an edge of the bed, about to fall off. His bedside lamp fell sideways on the floor.

It looked clear that he was struggling.

I went outside to look for him. I saw him standing by the gate. I prayed for help.

I feather walked towards him.
I heard sniffing.

He was crying?

Something was definitely wrong.