sparrows song

a broken sparrow

6 years later

I woke up dripping in sweat. I looked over at my clock and sighed. " Damn it's already morning?" I regrettably got out of bed and go into my daughter's room to see she's fast asleep. "Honey, time to wake up." I shook her small shoulder softly, she didn't move. "Sparrow, honey? Time to wake up." Nothing, not even a whisper escaped her lips. "SPARROW." I yelled, so afraid that it had happened again. Sparrow yawned and looked at me. "Mommy? Whats wrong mommy?"she yawned still half asleep. I let out a sigh of relief. "It's nothing honey just get dressed for school, okay?" I hugged her tightly. "Okay mommy." Sparrow laughed. I let out a nervous laugh. I walked down the stairs on shaky legs. Putting the coffee on as I made the two of us breakfast. I glanced at the calendar and my shoulders grew heavily as I saw the date. Six years ago on this day my life was torn apart, family snatched away, and a new one began. I think I'll leave you something to remember me by. The voice that had haunted my sleeping hours ran through my mind. I shivered. He did leave something. I thought to myself. Sparrow's little face flashed in my mind. No I'm not going to think about him. Not now, not ever. I looked at my watch again. Crap I'm late. I let out a sigh. It was my first day of work at the cram school as an assistant to the biology teacher there. "Sparrow we need to go." I yelled up the stairs. "Coming Mommy." she smiled running down the stairs in a blue plaid skirt, white button down shirt, and little black shoes. She jumped into my arm's giggling as I swung her in a circle. God I love my little Sparrow. Everything was perfect until there was a knock on the front door. I walked to the door and peeked through the peep hole. No one. Not even a retreating form of a person. I opened the door and found a simple white envelop laying neatly on my welcome mat.