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Sam stood silently, listening to Dixie intently. Tears dribbled over the top of her eyelids as she watched her father blink slowly and gaze up at her in a plea of help.
"He has chronic bronchiolitis, diagnosed at 32 years." Sam shakily spoke.
Dixie stared blankly at the young, shocked girl.
" I'm sorry, I don't follow…"
"Chronic Bronchiolitis. It causes breathlessness progressively. That's why he can't breathe very well."
"Dad? Where's your asthma pump?" Sam went over to the upside down car window and knelt by her father.
"Sam… My baby girl." Her father managed to talk amongst his quick breathing.
"No Dad, I'm not your girl any more. I'm Mum's now, I don't want to be anyone else's."
"You will still… always be my beautiful… girl. I'm so… sorry."
"You have nothing to be sorry for. Me and Mum were better off without you."
" I'm sorry I… never came back. I didn't want… to go."
"Yes but you did Dad! You left me when I was just 7 years old! I couldn't look after Mum on my own. They took me and put me into a care home! You knew that she couldn't care for me but you left anyway."
"I know and… I'm so sorry. If I could change… the past I would. I couldn't live… with your mum… any more She was just so… helpless and it drove me crazy."
Sam stared at her father in disgust.
"So you left me with her because of the accident. You left me because she was in a wheelchair! If you truly loved us, you wouldn't have gone Dad."
"No, I loved you more… than anything. I'm so proud of you… Samantha. I never thought you would join the army and be… a doctor. You're a hero half pint."
"Don't call me that. I'm not your half pint any more. I've grown up wondering why you never returned and you couldn't care less. Face it Dad, you ruined my life."
"I love you… Samantha."
Sam turned away, helplessly crying as her body shook with sobs. She walked away closely followed by Dixie, who had her arm round her shoulders.
"I haven't seen him in 18 years Dixie. He was the reason why I joined the army. He left me all alone."
Sam and Dixie turned as they heard panicked shouts. Jeff, Tom and the fire team came sprinting towards them, running away from something. There was a large pool around her dad's car.
"OIL LEAK! EVERYBODY GET DOWN!"
Horrified, Sam watched as her world exploded.
