Camden Daniels' passion is his music. He has worked hard to obtain a scholarship to The New England Conservatory. Now in his senior year and so close to making his dream a reality, everything is about to go down the drain when he gets teamed up for...
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When she tripped I held her to prevent her from falling but Danielle froze under my touch. All her body became tense and she wasn't moving.i don't think she was breathing either.
"Are you okay Danielle?" I asked, still holding on to her. Her back was facing me and I couldn't see her face. I spun her around and her eyes were wide, her face, pure terror. I kept shaking her but it was like she was somewhere else. All of the sudden she started to hyperventilate. Her body was shaking. called her name like a hundred times. Her face was turning purple. I needed help, now!
I hollered like a mad man. "Mr. Ellison, Martha, someone please help!"
What was going on? Did she have something in her mouth that she was choking on? Did she needed the Heimlich maneuver? Did I remember how to do it? Oh God, please help me. "Help! Somebody!"
I finally heard steps approaching. "Someone please call 911!" I screamed again.
"What is going on? Lolly, Lolly.." Mr. Ellison asks me "What happened?"
"I don't know, she tripped, I held her and I don't know."
Martha was beside us."Let her go!" she yelled at me. "DON'T TOUCH HER!"
"W-what am I going to do? Let her fall on her face?" Why was Martha yelling at me. She was all nice and funny before, but now she was screaming at me.
"Sit her down on the steps, HURRY UP!" It was Mr. Ellison who was screaming at me now. Jeez, I was ready to sat her down and run away from here. I think this family has issues. They are insane?
So I did. I sat her down with her back against the railing on the stairs to support her back. Martha pushed me out of the way, in a not so friendly way I might add. "Danielle look at me! Look honey, no one is touching you now."
It was the first time that Martha used Danielle's name and not 'Lolly'. Just by that I knew that something was seriously wrong. When she said "No one is touching you" everything came back to me. Danielle's rules. The third and most important one according to her, "No physical contact under any circumstances". But I was just helping her. I didn't want her to fall. It was an automatic reaction.
I peeked at her. She looked a little bit better. She was still taking shallow breaths. But there was some color on her face now. Mr. Ellison was talking to her almost like coaching . "Breathe Dani. Just breathe. Everything is ok."
Her breathing become normal after a few minutes of her dad reassuring her that everything was fine. Just when I thought that things were going back to somewhat normal, Danielle started to cry. Tear after tear running down her face. Mr. Ellison had his hands in closed fist, so hard that his knuckles were almost white. and his face was one of frustration. "No baby, don't cry. Everything is fine."
