Hi, you don't know me yet. You wouldn't even look at me twice if we passed on the street, but soon you'll have to know my name. Soon everyone will have to know my name.
I'm Freema, Freema Wood, I have another name but that's not safe, at least for now. I started life as a simpleton, someone that could disappear in an empty room and no one would look for me. For 21 years I was alone, my parents died when I was 6 years old and my Gran, the woman who basically raised me for the next 15 years, died a day from my 21st birthday. I was ready to pack it all in, the day of her funeral when it all sank in how alone I really was I climbed the rickety old steps of my house, it was a smelly big old house on the outskirts of town so I knew no one would be able to stop me, I walked over to the edge of the roof and just stood there. For weeks after that I wondered what would have happened if I hadn't stopped to take that breath, if I hadn't waited to feel the wind blow on my face once more, would he have caught me, was he really my guardian angel? Anyway, back to the roof. I was standing there, wind whistling by me, blowing my long black hair behind me. I lifted my arms up to my shoulder height and just listened to the sound of the early morning birds chirping. That's how I wanted to die, listening to the birds and having the wind whisper to me like an old friend to join it as it blew through the world. I was about to jump, or at least I think I was, I'll never get the chance to know whether I would have jumped or not because, as I shuffled my feet towards the edge I suddenly felt a presence behind me. I don't know how I knew he was there but something in my mind just told me he was.
"Don't do it-" he tried to whisper it into my ear but my scream cut him off. I don't know why I was surprised to find him there, it wasn't like it had been out of the blue, I'd had an inkling. But still I screamed and the force of my sudden turn towards him must have knocked me off balance because I just caught a glimpse of his dazzling short blonde hair glistening in the sunlight before I felt myself toppling off the roof.
I thought I was done for, that would be the end of me, I felt myself falling through the air and all I could think of was his face and how annoyed I was that I'd never know his name… but, suddenly I wasn't falling anymore. I wondered whether I was dead, it didn't feel like death, I'd expected more pain than that, actually I hadn't felt any pain at all and, I'd thought, that was quite an odd thing to die without pain. But then I heard his voice, that magical sweet sound…
"Grab my hand then!" true it wasn't the most romantic thing in the world but it brought me back and what a site I saw. It was him, my nameless angel, hanging over the side of the building with sweat dripping down his face holding onto my arm for dear life. It took me a moment to digest what was happening and then he shouted again "will you take hold of my other hand already! I can't hold on forever!" it wasn't much but it certainly made me grab hold of his in a hurry.
He pulled me up with his strong arms and heaved me over the side of the roof. I fell to the floor in a big heap as he bent low over me, hands on his knees panting like a hungry Labrador. I could hardly move I was half frightened, half excited. Who was this man on my roof? And why had he just saved my life?
"Who are you?" It was more of a whisper than a statement, but I just couldn't hold it in me. My curiosity was overwhelming and it just wouldn't let up. It took him a few moments to answer, he was still panting. But soon he stood up and brought himself to his true height, I remember thinking how much taller he was than I had first thought. He stared at me with his dazzling blue eyes and I felt lost within them. It was like he was staring into my soul at all my misdeeds and failings and judging me as I laid there in front of him. It was like an exam and I was sure I'd failed until he opened his mouth to speak and I hung off his every word.
"My name" he said "is Adam Monroe" w felt a sudden jolt in my heart, I knew what I wanted now and it was him. He'd appeared at just the right moment and saved my life like he was a sign from God. My guardian angel sent to guide me and I wasn't about to lose him.
