Maddy opened her eyes. She could hear crying. Her brother Alex was screaming why. Deep down she knew what had happened but she couldn't bring herself to believe it. She got up out of her bed and ran down the stairs. Her legs were numb but she didn't care. She wrapped her arms around her mom. The room was Heavy. Silence lingered in the air. After a few minutes, her mom got up and said I'm sorry Before walking outside. Her and her brother sat there in Silence with tears in their eyes.
Maddy's p. o. v
we were still sitting there when my mother came in. " Is he gone?" I said. "Yes". "When?" "Last night" She didn't seem too have anything else to say. No one did so I went to my room. I had that feeling in my stomach. You know that feeling of fear. Not fear of the unknown but fear of the known. Like the fact that my father has cancer. Had. He had cancer. Just the thought brought me to my knees. I felt the pain in my legs as they hit the ground around the same time tears started welling up in my eyes. I can't remember when the tears stopped. Did they ever stop? A father is supposed to be there, too scare away your first boyfriend, too walk you down the aisle, to watch the kids when the babysitter cancels, and to hold you when you cry. Whos going too hold me while I cry now? Whos going to sit with me and tell me in that calming voice that only dads have that it's ok. I would do anything to hear that voice again. To be held while I cry. But that's not going to happen again for me. I'm just a girl in à cruel world with no father to show me the way.