player; quinton griggs

twenty one

when i said the day was pretty eventful i promise you it was lemme just tell you

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"cmon ma" he chuckles as he pulls my hand towards the ocean.

when i was around 14 i was terribly afraid of the water.

in other words hydrophobic

kind of ironic if i told you my whole family loved the water

my dad always loved the ocean he would always take me and my mom surfing

me and my mom would always stay back on the beach and make sand castles as we watched my dad ride the waves effortlessly

until one day, when i was 15 to be exact

i lost the opportunity to ever do that again

we were currently on our way back from the beach

'mommy' my soft voice echoed through the silence

my parents were currently mad at each other for whatever reason they don't want to tell me why

"daddy" i said with the same sweet voice trying not to make them even angrier

"dadd-" i was saying until i got interrupted by a loud voice sounding livid

"what madison what do you want" my dads livid voice says

"why are you guys mad" i asked afraid

"it doesn't imply you now please be quiet until we get home" he says taking a deep breath trying to calm himself down

"but i wanna know why" i whined dragging out the 'y'

"no madison now please be q" he got interrupted

and at that moment i knew it was my fault

i thought i was going to die

and honestly i wished i had

it was my fault they're gone now

all i saw was glass flying everywhere

and the last thing i heard was a loud truck honking

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i woke up in a hospital from a loud beeping noise

"hi sweety how are you feeling" a, nurse? says to me

am i at a hospital??

then everything came back rushing to my brain

"are my parents ok" i was worryingly

"where are they" i yell but she stays quiet

"stay here while i get the doctor" she quickly leaves

"wait i need to know it they're ok!" i yelled

"i wanna see them" i almost cried

suddenly a tall man in a white jacket comes in with a clipboard

"hello madison" he smiles

"where we my parents" i say

he gives me an almost...sorry? look

"i'm sorry" he begins

"w-what" i cry

"we tried everything we could but they weren't strong enough" he says with pity