John's (Allison's Dad) POV
I turn around and walk away. My daughter no longer loved me. Neither did my wife. I had been clean off drinking for two weeks now. I got kicked out of my friends place and was living in my car. I miss Allison and Janice but they do not miss me.
I walk for five blocks. Stopping at a pond to skip some stones on the water.
(Italics is Flashback)
"Look at that one!" Mary-Anne says laughing at the duck that was shaking it's tail. Allison quietly fed the birds.
I walk over to her and lean down next to her.
"Everything okay honey" I ask her. She looks up at me with her mother's green eyes. Her cheeks red cause of the cold and her short brown hair messily spread across her forehead.
"Yeah" She says quietly avoiding eye contact
"Are you sure. Is it school" I ask her worried for my lively daughters quietness.
She stays quiet not answering.
"What wrong sweetheart" I say gently rubbing her back
"Ella took my book." She says water filling in her eyes.
"Then she pushed me on the playground and I hurt my elbow" she says with her lips pouting and her green eyes sad
She rolls up her sleeve and I see a red scab.
My heart aches then fills with rage.
"What's Ella's full name honey" I say pulling her closer to me
"Ella Quantin" she says stuttering
Quantin
Ella's father was my friend until he became regional manager. He put me down and laughed at me.
Like father like daughter
After feeding the ducks at the pond me and the girls head over to an ice cream shop. We sit down at a table. Mary-Anne kicks her feet and Allison stares at something outside of the parlour window. I look and I see a book shop.
"Okay girls lets go home" I say to them with a smile.
After dropping the girls back home with Janice I decide to get something for Allison.
I go over to the super market and get her a teddy bear along with some jelly beans. I get Mary-Anne some candy too.
After that I head over to the books store. I walk in and towards the the children's books section. I see a bunch of pens and notebooks. I decide to get that for Allison. I'm about to leave until I see and old book.
Peter Pan.
I pick up the book and decide to take it too. I drive home smiling, excited to give my girls there presents.
I walk through the door and see them watching Tv.
"Girls I brought gifts!" I yell through the kitchen
I hear giggles then two little angels run into the kitchen. I give Janice a kiss on the cheek as sits down on a chair with her mug of hot milk.
I help them sit up on the counter. I hand the candy to Mary Anne and she takes it and runs upstairs.
Allison sits there with a smile on her face. I hand her the teddy bear and candy. She giggles and hugs the bear. I give her the wrapped box.
She quickly rips off the wrapping and opens the box. Her smile grows when she takes out he different coloured pens. She pulls out the notebook and flips through the pages carefully.
She looks back in the box and sees the Peter Pan book.
She takes it out and examines it.
"Who is this" she asks innocently pointing to Peter Pan.
"It's Peter Pan. I'll read it too you tonight" I say kissing her on the forehead before she grabs her things and stumbles up the stairs.
I laugh at her clumsiness
"She got that from you" Janice says wrapping her arms around my waist"
I smile and kiss her on the forehead.
We laughed and drank some wine. The kids came downstairs to finish watch a movie with us. I looked down and smiled at my happy family.
Johns POV
(Present)
I place the bag of jelly beans on the cold dirt. The tombstone reading Mary-Anne's name.
I feels tears in my eyes as I realize I lost everything. Everyone.
I go back to my car and drive around until I end up at a ball park.
I look down at the bottles of whiskey next to me. I start to take some swigs from the bottle. My vision begins to her blurry. I look at my dash board to see an old teddy bear with a name tag on it
To Allison
Love Dad
Tears fall down my face as I drink some more. I feel drowsiness take over me
"I love you" I whisper before shutting my eyes
Allison's POV
I sit on the couch with Ethan and Grayson on the opposite couch. My mom in the kitchen making dinner and me enjoying the light hearted conversation about toothpaste
"Yeah but is it edible?" Grayson says concerned about this topic
I laugh at his dumbness
"What it's not funny" he says annoyed
Me and Ethan laugh harder at him
The doorbell rings and I get up to go get the pizza. I open it with a smile but my smile disappears once I see who it is.
"May I help you" I say politely to the police officer
"Yes. Is there a Janice Thompson here?" He says looking past me to see Ethan and Grayson sharing a confused expression.
My mom comes out of the kitchen.
"What's going on here" she asked confused
"Do you know where your husband is" he asks her
"I haven't seen him in about a week. What's the matter" she says confused
"I'm sorry to say this but he has been found dead. Apparently he was dead for 5 days before we found him."
