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Childhood Flashbacks and Adulthood Combined

"Time of death: 5.45" I feel numb. The words echo through my mind without making any sense or meaning to me. I feel as though a cascade of icy water is spreading through my body turning everything cold. I know she is gone but I can`t face up to it. My body aches with the reality that's I could have saved her, but most of all with the thought of the dreadful task of telling the family.
I walk towards the family like I am in a dream, wishing that I could turn back the clock. If only my mind hadn't been so faraway with plans for holidays. There they are, sitting infront of me with worried looks on their tired faces. They don't expect what is about to come.
"I'm very sorry, Your daughter has sadly passed away" I mutter
Their faces are unlike any I have seen in a long time. You could almost feel their hearts brake. It it sadness that I hadn't felt for a long time. Sadness caused by my own selfishness and neglect.

Charlotte and Emily are playing in the bedroom.
"You lay on the bed an...

Posted by: William Katz

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