1 YEAR LATER
"A piece of soda bread, a cup of tea, takes all the twoubles the bother me!"
A tiny voice echoed through out a rather large house. Kerrie, now three years old, sat on the floor of the living, playing with her doll and singing a song she had just made up.
"Is that one of grandmas old tunes sweetie?" Lily smiled at her daughter with pride.
"Yes mommy, I remembered it, all by myself!" Kerrie beamed.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it!" called Michael from upstairs.
"Ok" Lily called back, her green eyes still fixated on her child.
Michael opened the door and was face to face, well face to chest, with a tall muscular man with black hair, and cold lifeless eyes.
"So, we meet again Caleb." the man bellowed, revealing a shiny switchblade.
Michael backed away from the door.
"Listen, you got the wrong guy, I'm not Caleb, I'm-"
The man stabbed him mid-sentence, right through the heart.
"Dear, I hear some commotion, what's going on?" Lily said upon entering the foyer.
She looked at the floor to see her husbands lifeless body lying in a pool of his own blood. She then looked up to see a man standing above him, a blood covered knife in hand. She put two and two together and ran. The man caught up to her in the living room and stabbed her in the upper abdomen. She fell to the floor sobbing. She opened her eyes to see her stunned three year old daughter next to her.
"Mommy?" she said crawling closer.
"It's ok baby." She despised the feeling of lying to her daughter.
Kerrie began to cry. Not wanting Kerrie to draw attention to her self in fear that the man would find her and kill her too, Lily tried to calm the girl by singing.
"Ride on the morning, set fourth the winds of fate, offer your longing, step to the merry tune, dance with the sunshine, go now with passion, let not this day pass, without a call to life"
Kerrie smiled, "Keep going mommy, that's my favorite tune!"
But Lily didn't respond. She had just sang her last song.
"A piece of soda bread, a cup of tea, takes all the twoubles the bother me!"
A tiny voice echoed through out a rather large house. Kerrie, now three years old, sat on the floor of the living, playing with her doll and singing a song she had just made up.
"Is that one of grandmas old tunes sweetie?" Lily smiled at her daughter with pride.
"Yes mommy, I remembered it, all by myself!" Kerrie beamed.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it!" called Michael from upstairs.
"Ok" Lily called back, her green eyes still fixated on her child.
Michael opened the door and was face to face, well face to chest, with a tall muscular man with black hair, and cold lifeless eyes.
"So, we meet again Caleb." the man bellowed, revealing a shiny switchblade.
Michael backed away from the door.
"Listen, you got the wrong guy, I'm not Caleb, I'm-"
The man stabbed him mid-sentence, right through the heart.
"Dear, I hear some commotion, what's going on?" Lily said upon entering the foyer.
She looked at the floor to see her husbands lifeless body lying in a pool of his own blood. She then looked up to see a man standing above him, a blood covered knife in hand. She put two and two together and ran. The man caught up to her in the living room and stabbed her in the upper abdomen. She fell to the floor sobbing. She opened her eyes to see her stunned three year old daughter next to her.
"Mommy?" she said crawling closer.
"It's ok baby." She despised the feeling of lying to her daughter.
Kerrie began to cry. Not wanting Kerrie to draw attention to her self in fear that the man would find her and kill her too, Lily tried to calm the girl by singing.
"Ride on the morning, set fourth the winds of fate, offer your longing, step to the merry tune, dance with the sunshine, go now with passion, let not this day pass, without a call to life"
Kerrie smiled, "Keep going mommy, that's my favorite tune!"
But Lily didn't respond. She had just sang her last song.