Chapter 15

Cameron slept peacefully as Lucky sat guard all night. The fear Audrey must have felt tugged at Lucky's heart. Lucky silently vowed to protect his son at all costs. When he woke up Lucky was wrapped in a soft blue blanket and sore from sleeping in a straight back chair all night. Cameron was perched like an owl at the foot of his bed looking at Lucky waiting for him to wake up. "Good morning. How did you sleep?" Lucky asked as he stretched out some of the stiffness. "Morning, dad. I slept OK. Is everything all right? I wasn't sick last night, so why didn't you sleep in your bed?" he questioned. Then without waiting for an answer to his first question he asked, "What's for breakfast? I'll help get it started, I'm hungry." Lucky chuckled and extended his arms for Cameron to give him a hug. "Let's go see what we can find." Forty-five minutes later, Lucky was dropping Cameron off at school. He walked him to the door and Cameron fidgeted with his backpack strings. "What's wrong?" Lucky asked. "Dad, your not suppose to walk me to the door. The teacher wants us to learn to be brave about coming to school." Cameron said looking intently at his shoes. Lucky bent down and put a finger under Cameron's chin and lifted up. They were eye to eye. "Are you embarrassed by me?" he asked. "No! It's not embarrassed at you it's ashamed of me." Cameron answered and a big fat tear splashed on Lucky's hand. "Why are you ashamed of yourself?" Lucky pressed. "I like knowing your always there, but I'm not a baby and shouldn't feel that way. I know better." Cameron admitted. Lucky hugged his son. "I'll always be here for you." he told Cameron. Then Lucky took off the chain that had the bus token on it and put it on Cameron. "This was your mom's. She carried it to keep me close and I wore it to carry a memento of her, us. Now it's yours to wear to be close to both of us, even when we can't be there. Cameron smiled like Christmas had came early; it was one of those moments that made life so precious to Lucky. He stood up and watched as his son took his seat and draped his backpack over the back of his chair. Lucky turned and walked to the car.