Snow Man

Chapter 14 - saviour

It was like a tsunami had crashed into my body.

The pain came all at once, smashing into my body like a ton of bricks.

My head on fire. My arm feeling as if there were thousands of daggers stabbing me over and over again.

But above all the pain, I felt the numbness in my legs again. It had reached halfway up my thigh, and I could feel nothing below it.

I still couldn't decide why I left numb. Before guessed that it was because of the snow, and the cold. But I'm beginning to think it is something more. Something more serious than I have even uncounted.

Desperately, I try to move my toes or legs, or anything. But my body won't respond. As if it doesn't know what toes are. Or wether I have any.

Starting to panic, I begin to move my fingers. Feeling them twitch I relax ever so slightly.

Then I feel fingers lacing around my own. Making my hand seem so small and warm.

He held my limp fingers as of I was a life boat, not letting go incase I might disappear on him again.

Using all the strength I have left, I tried desperately to hold his hand with as much force as he was holding mine. But only managing to weakly move my tiny finger tips to curl around his monstrous hands.

But it was enough.

The next thing I knew, I was being lifted off the snow and into those strong arms that I knew so well.

"I'm so sorry Annie. I failed you. You and your mum. I'm so sorry honey"

I wanted to open my eyes and tell him that everything was okay. That it wasn't his fault. And that if it wasn't for him I wouldn't have known to come back to him, and run from the beauty of the light.

He was the reason I came back. He is the reason that I'm alive.

But I couldn't tell him.

All I had was my thoughts and slight movement.

No speech.

No way to tell him how wrong he is.

Not a single thing I could do to help the man holding me and telling me he failed.

If only he could see that I wouldn't be here without him.

If only he could realise, that he is my saviour.

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Okay, it's short I know, but I've had a rough couple days so this is the best I could do!

I hope you like it, and don't think that I'm just rambling on about stupid things....

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