Snow Man

Chapter 7 - bye bye mummy

Still Lauren's POV

'Don't get attached! He is here to kill you! Protect yourself lauren! For gods sake do it for Annie!' over and over again I have to say it. He was my brother but I have to do something. If he got past me he could go for Annie.

He knew her.

He has met her.

He would go for her if he couldn't kill me.

"hello lauren" he taunted me from the ground, I knew this game, so I might as well play along.

"Blake! It's good to see you again. Hows the wife?"

He visibly flinched. His wife was killed in something exactly like this about a week ago. And he knows I know that. 'your not the not the only one that can taunt people little brother'

"oh wait. she's dead isn't she!"

He launched for me with a knife in his hand. Luckily I knew that the comment about Courtney had him hurt and made his train of thought jumbled up in a mess.

I ducked from the blade. Making it miss my heart by centimetres. And landing a punch in his ribs.

I swear I heard a crack.

But he recovered quickly swinging the knife again, this time aiming for my neck. I jump back. Narrowly missing his blade again.

I lunged for him again, this time striking out with my foot to land a kick in his weak spot.

He fell to the ground in a cry of pain.

Grabbing my knife swiftly out of my boot, I knelt over his body, holding the knife to his throat.

"this is your own fault Blake. I do not wish to kill you but you picked your own fate."

"Mummy? Uncle Blake? Whats going on?"

I turn to see my little girl on the stairs, holding her teddy bear by the hand.

She is just a little girl. But she is anything but stupid.

She saw the knife in my hand and Blake underneath me. Putting two and two together wasn't hard for her.

"what are you doing to uncle Blake mummy? You can't kill him. You will go to prison. I don't want you to leave me."

Her saying that made me cry just a little bit. And she was right I don't want to leave her. She is my life.

I threw the knife to the other end of the room and got off Blake, leaving him speechless. He knew how strong love was. But he knew nothing of the love a mother can feel for her daughter.

I walked over to Annie with a smile on my face.

She could stop an army from killing their enemy if she tried. I was so proud of her.

Annie screamed. Confused at first I thought she was screaming at me. Then I remembered....

..... Blake

I turned around only to see him drive my own knife into my heart.....

Everything was happening in slow motion. Annie screaming to me, Blake's face full of regret, and the knife sticking out of my chest.

Falling to my knees I clutched the knife, trying to hold it in place so I could live that little bit longer.

Looking up I saw Blake's eyes filled with tears, and Annie running to my side.

I lay on the ground still clutching the knife in both hands. Blood is running down the sides of my body, staining my shirt.

Annie knelt by my side, but I barely even noticed. Everything is to fuzzy to focus, my thoughts are to muddled to make sense of. The only things i saw sure of is that Blake has stabbed me through the heart while my daughter was watching.

But what has confused me is that I don't feel any pain, and everything is so distant, my sight, my hearing, even the feeling of the floor underneath me felt as if it wasn't there, like I was floating.

"Mummy?" Annie cried to me. I wanted to comfort her. Tell her that everything will be fine.

But I can't lie to my baby. I won't lie to my baby.

"I'm here honey. But not for long okay. Do you understand baby?"

My own voice sounded off. I tired to make my sound calm and collected, but I'm not sure how it sounded to her.

A tear rolled down her face. Seeing your daughter cry over you is something I wouldn't even wish on for my worst enemy's.

Annie nodded once, showing me that she knew I was about to die.

I stroked her face with the back of my hand. Trying not to get my blood on her.

She kissed my forehead saying "I love you mum I don't want you to leave me."

"I love you too baby. And I'll never leave you. I'll always be with you. Don't forget it."

Annie lent down and rested her head on my shoulder, the only part of my body that wasn't covered in blood.

"I'll always be here...."

Then all I saw was black.......

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Hopefully no one is confused..... But yeah.... She was there :(

But two updates in one day be proud of me!

And I have a person reading my book..... YAY!!!!!!