Broken (Completed and editing)

Memories

"Someone once told me that none of us are really afraid of the dark; we're scared of what it conceals from us. We're afraid of  having something with the potential to hurt us standing right before our eyes and not registering it as a threat.

People can be like that too."

Veronica's POV:-

"Veronica sweetie come here" mom called out to me laying back on her big bed. I looked at my guests and her. Torn between the decision. 

"Honey Nina won't mind. See she is smiling" i looked at Nina sitting on the cute pink chair smiling at me. Standing up i walked to mom's bedside leaving my tea party with my friends.

"Mommy do you want me to call daddy?" I asked her, she has been sick for a long time now.  She barely gets out of bed.

Daddy stays with her all the time. He called a woman to take care of me because mom is sick. I told them i would be a good girl and will not make a mess in my room but they still called her.

She was nice though, her name is Brenda. She even looked after mom when she started coughing and dad was downstairs.

"No honey. I want us girls to talk today, no boys."she pulled herself up and i pulled her pillow up to keep her comfortable. "Come on up" she opened her arms and i jumped up in them but carefully so not to hurt her.

"Veronica you will turn 9 years this month. You will be a big girl, just like mommy" i smiled a big toothy smile at her. I will be just like mommy, she is beautiful. Her hair is so smooth i love playing with them, but now she does not let me play with them, they break too much. She does not want to go bald, she will look funny like that i thought chuckling.

"Yes mom and then i will kick that grass eye boy's ass in the park. He pulled my hair and tore out the sparkly bow on my dress. I fell down and the boy with him helped me" i told mommy about what happened in the park when Brenda and i went there.

"Mommy he also gave me his sandwich. He was so nice why can't grass eye boy be like him, i wanted to talk to him, his eyes were so beautiful, but he pushed me" mommy kissed the top of my head and patted my hair smiling and listening to me. 

"Honey you love daddy, right?"

"Mom i love daddy, why would you ask? He is the best daddy. You know we secretly ate the cookie and cream ice cream in the fridge last night. He saw me sneaking but didn't tell you and we both ate the whole tub" i answered sheepishly yet victoriously confessing.

"Oh i know about it all, i punished daddy instead of you" we both laughed at that

"Now that you are a big girl, tell me if someday i have to leave you and daddy, will you keep daddy happy like i do?" she asked my pulling me on her lap.

"Mommy are you leaving"? Tears pooled in my eyes. I love mommy she cannot leave us, daddy loves her too.

"You once said yourself that i look like a fairy. Fairies have to take care of all the families you know"

"No mommy you are mine and Dad's. You cannot leave"

"Honey you are a big girl now, you can take care of daddy yourself. I might have to take care of a family who is in more need. Mommy might have to go" her eyes soften like she was sorry, i hated that look. It was like this when she wanted to convince me for something.

"No mom. The boy in the park who took my bow was big but his mommy was with him she looked like a fairy too she had hair just like you." I touched her soft golden hair "She can tale care of other families. Please mommy dont leave me and Daddy". I pleaded with her tears already falling.