"Hi Mommy!" she
ran to give her mother a hug, but she stopped her. "Hi Honey.
Before you start asking questions, your father and I have something
to tell you." Caroline became a little nervous after this last
statement. It wasn't sounding too good so far. "You see, honey.
Well, um, Bill and I have decided not to see you anymore."
"What?"
She gaped.
"Now dear it's for the best. I'm telling you
this because I love you. I want the best for you and we have decided
that your father will take care of you now."
"You
don't want me anymore?" Caroline asked in disbelief. Her mother
sighed "You never loved me. You never loved me!" Carline
screamed. "No one cares! You go and marry some low life jerk who
tries to control me and yells at me every time I do the slightest
thing wrong. And now you're sending me away to-
"Shut
up!" yelled her mother, leaving Caroline slightly shocked. "And
you wonder why we're sending you away! You selfish little bitch! I
should have had a damn abortion when I had the chance! Seven years of
hell! You worthless little brat! Now get out of my house! Get
out!
"How dare you!" bellowed her father." You
have no right!"
And as her parents argued, she ran out
the door into a world of confusion.' Am I really worthless?' She
was screaming inside.
"Caroline! Wait!" Her father
ran after her.
"No" she sobbed as she ran out into
the street.
"Caroline! Caroline Stop!"
"What?"
She had stopped in the middle of the street.
"Everything
will be alright. Honey, just come back. I love you baby girl. Please
come back now."
"You do?"
"Caroline.........I
love you more than anything in this world. You're the reason that I
live. You're my girl Carol, hm, Carrie." he smiled.
She
sniffed at this. Here was the man who stood up for her to her own
mother. Now he was quoting her nicknames. She sighed sadly.
OK.
"CAROL LOOK OUT!!"
He shoved her out of
the way just in time, but the truck had missed her and had impaled
him. He had shoved her so hard that she had gotten the wind knocked
out of her. When she could breathe properly again, she screamed so
loud that the neighbors came out to see. A man got out of the truck
in a state of shock. "Aw shit. Aw shit!" He climbed back
into his truck and sped off.
"NOOOOOOO!!!!
DADDY!!!!"
She ran to him and rocked him back and forth.
"I won't let you die! I won't let you!"
She
cried and cried, begging God not to take him, but knew it was too
late, for she had blood-soaked hands.
She looked to her house
and saw her mother standing there in the doorway, her hand covering
her mouth.
"WON'T YOU DO SOMETHING!...............PLEASE
ANYBODY"......she chocked out....."Help."
The
only person that loved her. The only person that ever cared...was
gone.......and it was all her fault. Oh, she wanted to die of guilt.
It was all and entirely her fault.
Her birthday was so close,
only two months away, and her father wouldn't be there to see it.
