She must feel my presence because she turns around to me so I hold up my knife and run at her. "ARCHIE STOP!" she says as I pin her into the hard brick wall. I hold my knife up higher and tears stream down her face. "Archie you don't have to do this...
I see Tiger sitting up drenched in sweat, crying. I immediately hug her and shush her. "Hey... you're okay" I say softly and she cries into my chest. "Ahhh babygirl, I'm right here, you're fine" I whisper.
She starts struggling to breathe. "I-I h-had an-nother d-dream" she hiccups.
My eyes widen, but I calm her. "Breathe in, breathe out. Here, let me do it with you" I breathe in and she follows me lead then we breathe out. We do that for a couple of minutes before she calms. "Archie these dreams... I-I think they're true! Remember when Brooklynn got taken? I had a dream something bad was gonna happen... and something did!"
It's true,
I know wants going on... but I don't wanna scare her...
I kiss her forehead. "I'm sure everything's gonna be okay, let's go back to sleep" I pull her into my chest and lay back down.
**
"EYES ON THE ROAD!" Tiger says and I look at her, laughing before turning back to the snowy platform.
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She laughs.
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"Ok ok ok" I drive back into our driveway. Cub runs out of the house so I get out of the car and pick her up. "Well hello, Cub" I kiss her cheek and she smiles, playing with my hair.
Maddie walks out of our house. "Say we fed Pepper and everything!" Maddie says joyfully and I look at Cub with a fake shocked face and she nods. I laugh and kiss her cheek again. "We were just coloring!"
I smile. "Oh you were?"
Cub nods with a smile. "I drew you this!" she holds up a drawing of a tiger. "It's Blake!"
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