Look with your Heart

Secrets

"Hi BigBeard"

The girl giggled again,

"Your beard tickles so much!"

*****

Although Can already knew the answer to his question,

he still had to ask her.

"Hope, is it, ......is it really you?"

"Yes, it's me," Hope stopped with giggling now 

and asked with worry,

feeling and seeing the tears on Can's cheeks.

"Why are you crying, BigBeard?

Are you...., are you..... not happy to see me?"

Hope said with a sad voice.

Before the little girl had the chance 

to remove her small hands from his beard, 

Can quickly but his big hands over her small ones.

"No, no, I am not sad, 

I'm crying because I am so happy you're here,

these tears of mine, these are called happy tears!"

In his mind Can was a bit sad though,

........that he couldn't see Hope, 

although he could vision her brightly 

when Can thought back at that moment in the car

and this beautiful, blue-eyed, little girl looked at him

as if he was her .........hero!

The most important thing now though 

was that..... Hope was here!

Alive and well! AND in front of him!

"What a Hopeful surprise that you are here.

How did you get here? Where are your parents?"

The little girl giggled again when Can used her name

in the words "Hopeful" surprise. 

Now Hope's father, Mike, spoke to Can.

"We are here, Can, we really wanted to visit you,

we are so happy to be here"

Can hadn't noticed before 

that there were more footsteps walking towards him 

or that there were more people in the livingroom.

He had been so occupied with Hope 

that everything else had faded away.

Hope's parents, Mike and Kimberley, had been silently 

looking with a smile on their faces

at their daughter and the man who had saved her.

They were holding eachother tight