Healing Holloway
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office are here to see you
from the beautiful protrait of my daughter
, at the foot of
pants and a white long sleeved shirt. His grey strands of hair were neatly
odd
. I'll attend to t
nd to leave. Halted, and
query, he cleared his
I offer them
in. This time, not wi
e often than usual ever since
nd my ass in a wheelchair, so I made sure my managers did the
ood sleep if I didn't know my
hey want. When they are prop
m, I placed the picture on top th
be. She was smiling, clutching the teddy bear
e was taken. The events of that afternoon
, I miss you so
oo Daddy." I
back and there she stood,
ul as sun rise. She smiled broadly,
ice, but she
njured right foot on the floor, when I tried to stand on
roa
could never forget that. All my ye
closer. I can't get
dy, I can't co
, she would not come to me, s
I winced
hout saying a word to me. She didn't co
r eyes fell
prise as she stepp
" She cal
my eyes, I a
it's bleedi
my gaze droppe
underneath my feet were so
blood, adrenaline cou
A powerful surg
felt strong,
were gone, I could
didn't hurt anymore, I could
want to come to m
f it! Why couldn't she see that
er back home, and she w
ou daddy. I can't
u away from me. We are going to be together,
bleeding!" She scre
illed he
I knew she c
y feet! They c
n my arms, there was n
ngth. The reason I worked h
empire was for h
dation for me to build my dr
e see it? I was
away from me, h
enough to reach out a
lated, s
dreams had come through. All
back to me, ba
to was reac
daddy. I ha
o her, she turned on her heels, o
No!" I s
y chest, clou
e fear of letting her go, not kn
n the stairs, past the long corridor of ro
run into
led with everyth
e house, he had to he
out, rushing ou
eld fell from his h
ked, running
confusion, i
tudy, I saw her go into the stu
xed to the ground and stared at me l
there for? If she makes it out
he trick, he ran ba
e door, he stood
his shoulder. My eyes met t
over me with pity,
ns I deteste
ay from them and
ke, towering above him and
ow I have to drive into t
bornly. He didn't care wha
e, his two hands on b
ay old man, I might j
can't let you get
n at him wit
o..." I
door, my daughter who I have been searching for for th
, I saw the two men in the
expressions on their fac
hear. Nobody ran
gered
id he
hter's face and phys
ran out the door? Tina wa
" He yelled
stepped awa
!" He had tears
ieve him. What
ere! I kne
He ought to have
saw, was all i
s shirt. His eyes narrowed on
ldn't
he road and I don't find my daughter,
the study r
ack at me, not s
s eyes even as I took his feet off
tightened as h
im dow
here hasn't been anyone here for as l
placed An
ake sense i
but I s
aving another panic attack
e, yet his scream was
my eyes on him, I st
k?" I even stru
neede
wasn't