Daddy
By: The Slipknot Freak
It was cold that night. I remember it so clearly. Daddy was coming home early and I wanted to be up to greet him. He had been gone for two weeks. I sat in my room staring out the window watching the road even though mommy had told me to go to sleep and that I could see him in the morning I wanted to give him a big hug and kiss and tell him how much I loved him. I could remember the last time I had seen him. He was sad because mommy and him had been fighting. He left angry and I hadn't had the chance to do any of those things. I was going to make sure that I was awake to greet him this time though. It had started to rain and finally I saw daddy's car pull into the driveway. I smiled and pressed my face against the cold glass to see him better. I think that daddy was drunk again because he was stumbling all over the place as he walked towards the front steps. I jumped off of the window sill and ran over to my door throwing it open just as daddy opened the front door and stumbled in. I squealed in delight and started down the stairs just in time to hear my daddy scream at mommy. "Clair you whore! Where the fuck are you!" I got scared. Daddy was mad at mommy again. I didn't know why but I didn't think it mattered. He was always mad about something. I kept going down the stairs but I slowed my decent just a little bit. I wasn't sure if daddy would be mad at me too for being out of bed. I didn't want to get punished again for being a bad girl. I heard him yell again and this time mommy yelled back. He had gone into the next room and now they were both screaming. I carefully made my way into the kitchen and stood there in the doorway ready to run up to my daddy and hug him and tell him not to be mad at mommy but as I stood there I saw him hit mommy and then he cursed at her again and again. I wanted to shout for him to stop that we still loved him but I was too scared. I started to get tears in my eyes and that is when I saw daddy raise the gun and shoot mommy. He shot her in the head. My eyes widened in horror as I saw her blood spatter on the wall behind her and then my mommy fell on the ground and didn't get back up. I think I was screaming because my daddy turned and saw me. he told me to go back to bed but I didn't move, I couldn't move my mommy was on the floor and there was blood all around her and she wasn't moving. I looked into my daddy's eyes but he was blurry from the many tears that were falling from my own. I wanted to ask why but again I couldn't speak. Daddy smiled weakly and told me he loved me and then put the gun in his mouth and shot himself.