Snow Man

Chapter 16 - ice

Left, right. Left, right. One foot in front of the other. Just one step at a time.

Say this over and over in my head was the only thing that told my legs to move. I wanted to stop. To give up.

But my little angel was fighting with me.

I wasn't going to leave her.

Walking got hard with each step. But I wasn't sure if the snow was responsible or not.

It seems like forever since I left the crash site. But in truth it probably has only been a couple of the longest hours of my life. The sun had moved from one end of the sky to the other in an instant, I didn't even think to look up through our entire journey.

That's what I shall think of this as, like a stroll in the park with not a care in the world...

... That lasted about an hour.

Before the snow storm kicked in I was pretending, pretending that my wife was alive and we had Annie in our arms, taking her for a small walk. I even smiled.

A prefect world. Where everything was fine.

But I didn't live there.

I lived in this world, where the devil decided to bring out all of his tricks just so I would stop trying to save her.

Should I let him win? Should I just drop her and forget I had a daughter? Forget I had a family? Forget I had a life?

A strong gust of wind once again shook me from my thoughts. I held Annie tighter to shield her from the snow and cold. But I didn't stop walking. I wouldn't give in.

Why the hell would I??

I mentally hit myself for even considering it. Leaving her.

I looked at then. Her face painted in her own blood, her neck the same shade of white as the snow beneath us.

Unconsciously I began to walk faster. Scared for her life.

I looked up at my surroundings for the first time since leaving.

And I stopped immediately. I knew exactly where we were. I knew exactly what I was standing on. I knew exactly what would happen if I made a wrong move.

I was standing in the middle of a ticking time bomb.

I was standing in the middle of a frozen lake.

I stood completely still. Barely even breathing. Praying that I won't hear the sound that would send us crashing through the thin ice to the freezing waters below.

Obviously my prays weren't heard.

Because the next thing I knew, I heard a deep crack. And I was falling into the coldest water i have ever felt.

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Ohhhhhhhhh ice ice baby!!

Hehehehehehehe anyway... I got some very good advise a couple days ago, they said I crap on to much in this book!

Well I don't care!!! I write it how I want suckers!!!! Muhahahahahahaha