In Kame Kamryn

𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝙴𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐

The repeating thumping noise echoing throughout the house was coming from the never-ending rain pouring down outside. The forgotten open window let the rain creep through, leaving a huge puddle in the tiny old bedroom. The rain wasn't the only thing that felt misplaced in the room. The child, fast asleep in this room, was what felt misplaced the most. This was not the house she grew up in. She couldn't call this place home. Yet, after what happened tonight, she would give anything to spend one more day in this broken-down house.

Beside the girl's bed was a green sleeping bag that had a child in it just a few seconds ago. Where did he run off to? The commotion must've woken him up. The annoying sirens and flashing lights would have woken anyone up. Except Kamryn, who was still fast asleep.

The little boy could be found peeking from the stairwell, trying to figure out what was going on downstairs. The cops didn't seem to care what time it was. They continued to talk in loud voices, knowing that there were kids sleeping upstairs. Well, they were supposed to be asleep.

The boy by the name of Jaxtyn ran off to wake up his best friend. He felt like he whispered her name a thousand times, pleading with her to wake up.

Kamryn heard her name being called, but it felt like a dream therefore she had no desire to get up. It wasn't until Jaxtyn had said "It's your dad" that Kamryn snapped out of her dreamlike state. Those three words gave the girl all the energy she needed. "What do you mean Jaxie? What happened to my dad?"

Truthfully, Jaxtyn had no clue what he meant. He had no idea what was happening to her dad. He knew that there were police officers, but what could they possibly want with Kamryn's dad? "He's downstairs" was all the boy could come up with. The sound of little footsteps followed the end of his sentence. Jaxtyn quickly ran after Kamryn as she ran after her dad. "Daddy!"

Kamryn caught up to the man who a lot of people say she gets her looks from. She definitely gets her height from him. The tall man, now in cuffs, turned his head around to his daughter's voice. The cops acted as if they didn't hear the little girl's voice as they continued to try to drag him away. "Please, it's my daughter. Just let me say goodbye." One cop looked at the other. They both nodded before looking at the girl's dad and nodding at him. "Go ahead. One minute."

Kamryn's dad turned his body around to face his daughter and bent down to her eye level. "Babygirl" was all he could muster. He asked to say goodbye, but was suddenly at a loss for words. Tears started to fall from his eyes, but he couldn't move his hand to wipe them. Since he couldn't, Kamryn's hand moved to wipe her father's tears. The cop to her father's left jerked as the young girl went to wipe her father's tears, as if she could make a gun out of his tears. It bothered Arnold, but he didn't make a comment, he just tried to savor his last moments with his daughter. "Daddy, what's going on? Where are you going?"

Arnold tried to come up with an answer for his daughter, one she could understand at her age. "These men have to take me away for a bit. Call Jaxtyn's dad and ask him to come over, okay?" Kamryn tried to protest; that wasn't enough of an explanation. Did he honestly believe she could just stand here and let these strange men take her daddy away from her? She already didn't like that these strange men were in her house interrupting her sleep. "Please be strong for me, for your mom." It wasn't until her father said those words that Kamryn could no longer challenge his wishes. She sniffed her tears and snot and held back all the negative emotions that would normally have her crying in her father's arms. "Okay daddy. For you, I will be strong."

A weak smile started to form on her father's lips. "Thank you, I'm so proud of you. Remember I will always love you, babygirl." The cops started to grab her father by his arms, telling him it was time to go. Kamryn followed after the cops, out of the door. She tried so hard to muster out the words 'I love you too.' Everytime the sentence started to form, so did the tears. "You too," Kamryn managed to say as she stood on her porch, barefoot in the rain. Kamryn didn't care about catching a cold, she wasn't leaving the porch until the cop car was out of her sight.