A Night To Remember

A

call with Dad and Morgan. I can't help but

ended thirteen years ago. I threw my phone into my bag

wn the dusty path. My life in the past thirteen years has been nothing short of go

the prestigious companies in New York have been able to make l

dashboard. I was running low on gas and

f a gas station a few meters away. Sucking in a breath and praying inwardly that the car doesn't s

eering wheel. I took some money from my purse, picked a

l d

rney. It's the weekend, and I always spend the weekend

d get some chocolate bars for Morgan

pretty, dark woman sitting behind the co

the items I've got, and

smiles and I nod while diggi

phone chimed in my back pockets, almo

seeing 'Papa', a name which I h

he call

, what could be so urgent. I wondered as

irst call ended. This time around, I f

t accelerated tremendously as I struggled to catch my

. I didn't realize that I had gone into the road without looking. I was all

an apology which the

e. First, I hear unsteady breaths from the other end as

ilence from the other end confi

responded. His voice was thicker and heavier.

course through my whole

ble? Where is Morgan, Da

n. She left the house to go catch butterfli

she goes for a butterfly hunt. Morgan's passionate love for butterflies is so extreme. I

at the highest speed. I felt fear and panic coursing through me

ff the engine. I ran all

into the house. My Dad sat on the old cu

art cr

up in my eyes when I saw his sunken eye

y but in a distressed tone. Lost for words, I drew

l find h

ome wild be

e his words. I placed my tr

I spoke to him, reassuring him

ay. Although his face was still stained and pale. I pulled

d up to 24 hours before I could file a case. I let out a sigh as I p

se heavily and I was so

r. As soon as I stepped outside the house, a co

in the cold without

cing my hands on my chest as I walked into the

e when I made out the figure of a tiny silhouette running towards

nly a few distance away from me. My feet st

running, bent over,

ched as I tried to decipher the figure before

wn hair, and quite a thin body frame

ment, and ran into my arms, which were n

nostrils. Her thick cotton shirt had prickly twigs on

ed as I caressed her hair makin

She said as soon as she caught her breat

ma

" She said, her gaze piercing into mine. She took my hands into hers. Her soft tiny

gan..

" She whined, throwing