A lifetime worth of love

il

th my frail voice into the phone as I

ir!" I said, trying frantically

s just a kid" I said

we'll be there in 5 minutes" the man

hy. She was doing her best not to lose her faith that her son would be

a

he same thing my little brother was f

until the day death took him from us, I still remember how h

n not knowing his fate had been settled. We were told he needed surgery, but due

the same trauma wit

*

ce. He was holding a file in his hand which I felt would be my brot

llowed him closely to his office pra

tion" He said after

e, we have it under contr

s in preparation for his surgery." He s

g, that was one word I was prayin

just like a few months back when I was t

hospital to another, from spending money to buy his drugs and ot

ks before the dat

go through hell looking f

need surger

longer before removing the tumor could put him at greater risk, and low c

I asked him, during my dad's time..we

deeply, thank God, at least I have enou

weeks, his medications would

I walked out of his of

needed to do before leaving the house. The was a hot pan

replied with a beami

her face slowly tu

ays on off toda

and swallowed w

friend since I was in high school, she had been with me during the period my dad

er for a job somewhere nearby,

but it wasn't paying enough to bo

d job. Maybe the pay would assist mo

aid as I closed th

saw my Best friend, it's been a while since

kaholic," Clara rep

t hug. I could smell her strawberry cologne on her, she has been a fa

liar voice, it was Tracy, I wa

t she has the brain of an adult. I met her at Clara's ice cr

running towards me. I smiled as she ran i

e said as she buried

u too," I said

t! I had almost forgotten, she asked me to be her bestie, children never f

ked back at Tracy, whose face was already on me,

g, accepting my fate. I coul

e tightly this time and giving me a kiss on m

tinued. I could only laugh, she loo

acy's soft grip, I was lost looking at this man's face. He had the face of something perfectly carved by a Greek artist. He was wea

ed Tracy up, carrying her into his broad c

ss? Tell dad

riend today." H

princess," She nod

riend of yours, or won't yo

back, pointing at me, still smil

Emily" I said, stretching o

, I'm Zach" He said, gi

best friend" he said looking s

kid." I said, returning

daughter," he said to me and then lo

ey, daddy has somewh

with Tracy hanging on his shoulder, she wave

eee