Snow Man

Chapter 2 - daddy's girl

All of a sudden there was this pain, agony in my head, like a knife had been thrown in to it.

And there has been a new pain, slowly creepy up my toes, into my legs carefully making its way up, higher and higher. It's up to my ankles now. But it isn't a bad pain, more of a numbing pain, as if they are detached from my body, like I couldn't move my legs if I tried.

And I'm just so tired.

I closed my eyes realising I was upside down. And that something connecting to my shoulder was keeping me in place. And I could smell something, something out of place and strong.

I realised then it was fuel burning. But I couldn't feel any warmth so it mustn't be very close.

There was a loud bang, as if something metal hit a type of concrete. It frightened me I didn't know what it was, it could be anything for all I know.

Then I remembered.

I'm in a car, an apparently upside down one.

The seatbelt is what's holding me up. And my dad was in the front seat.

I opened my eyes suddenly.

My dad.

I looked around, but the pain in my head made it near impossible to move anything.

I closed my eyes again, not being able to keep them open for any longer.

I am still worried about my father. But by the the short look at the scene around me, I saw the steering wheel, with the air bag hanging loosely from it, and the smashed windscreen.

I came to the quick conclusion that he got out and was trying to reach me, or he had been thrown from the car.

I just hoped it was the first one.

I heard a click, and I suddenly fell. By I was caught by strong familiar arms.

My dads arms.

I felt him stand up and begin to walk.

I felt something cold touch my neck, and realised he was checking my pulse.

I slowly opened my eyes to show him I was still alive.

For the first time in my life, I saw my hero cry. Holding me in his arms, he was crying over me.

"Daddy?" i was able to say, it even hurt to speak.

He looked down at me like I had just taken him from a train of thought.

"I'm here Annie, I'm here. Are you in Pain? Cold? How can I help sweetie?" he sounded distant, and his deep voice echoed in my ears. It sounded as if he was speaking to me from the opposite end of a cave, instead of right next to me, but I managed to whisper

"my head hurts." before keeping my eyes open was just to hard,

"no honey, don't go to sleep. Stay with me," His voice was a mumble, im not sure if it was my head or him beginnign to cry again. I knew why he wanted me to stay awake, but I just couldn't force them open any longer. So I drifted into a deep, painless sleep.

And for the first time in 3 years, I didn't dream of a dead body in my living room.