There Are Worse Things I Could Do

Chapter 91: One Year Later.

  Courtney was doing well. Still small but healthy. Kimberly was starting year 5 and was very nervous. She cried the entire week before.

"Mum I can't go. I'm not smart enough."

"Kim, it's not as bad as it seems."

"But I'm gonna get bullied."

"Why do you say that?"

"I'm not like the other girls. They wear pink and curl their hair. All of them wear pretty pearl jewlary. I wear Muse shirts and straighten my hair. I wear band bracelets not pretty pearls."

"Kim, that's not a bad thing. You will find people like you. I promise. I was right in between those type of people. I never got bullied."

Well that was kind of a lie. Oh well.

"All right."

"Just be you."

"That's not allowed in this society."

"Stop sounding like your father."

She giggles and says "all right."

Tomorrow she starts school. Right now you were going to check on Courtney in the lounge. Zoe was over with Lola and they were playing dress up.

"Hello Zoe how are you?"

"Mighty fine. So are the girls. They are just playing with some princess clothes."

"All right. Dan and I are popping out to the shops."

Dan needed to get out of the house. For one reason. He was sick. Very sick. He has stage two Hodgkin's Lymphoma. They said he had an 95% chance of getting out of it alive. Zoe knows but the kids don't. You couldn't dump hay in them. They were so young. Phil cries every night because of Dan. You'd think you'd be crying but you're so sure he's going to be all right.

"Dan?" You call out.

No answer.

"Dan we're leaving!"

Still no reply. That's when panic started to set in. You run straight to the bedroom and see Dan on the floor.  (Y/F/N)s suicide flashed into your mind. You drop down next to him.

"Dan. Dan. Dan wake up."

Phil must've best you and came running in.  His face was tear stained but it only got worse when he saw Dan. He yanks out his mobile and calls 999.

"Dan please don't be dead. Please. I can't lose you."

Soon enough the ambulance arrived. They took Dan away. Phil and size calmed the crying children.

"Mum what wrong with dad." Kimberly asks.

"We will talk soon. Stay with Zoe."

You run off into the ambulance with Phil. He can't be dead. This isn't how this is supposed to end. You take Dan's hand in your own.

"There isn't a worse thing you could do than leave me. Please don't die. I need you."