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Authors: Danielle Dickson
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“Yes! I can’t wait to get to the top, is there lots of trees? I bet there is. Will I be able to climb the tallest tree? I bet there’s a giant one! Oh, have you remembered the marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers? I can’t wait for those. I think next time we should try grilled cheese again, it didn’t go so well last time but I bet next time we’ll do it good huh, Con?” This kid made my day.
Chuckling, I ruffled his hair. “Sure, we can try grilled cheese again next time.” Only there was no next time.
After the long hike and climbing of trees we sat around the fire we had made, Tommy beaming with pride whilst roasting his marshmallow. “Have you had a good day? We should get ready to head back soon, Red will think I’ve kidnapped you.” His smile suddenly disappeared.
“Sammy won’t tell me off, it’s okay, Connor, I’ll tell her.” He looked towards the fire. “Mama might though, we should go home now.”
I moved closer to him. “Hey, no one will tell you off, I was just kidding around. You know they both love you and they know I’m looking after you.”
‘They’ didn’t but Sammy did, it’s just their mom who couldn’t care less, although I’d never say that to Tommy, I think he already knew.
“Mama shouts,” he said, shuffling his feet in the dirt.
I turned towards him. “Oh yeah? Parents do that sometimes.”
He was thinking intensely. “Sammy never shouts but mama says Sammy is going to leave us and go to college soon, I don’t want her to leave. Are you leaving me too?”
The question came out of nowhere, I didn’t know what to say. Why would Cindy be telling him something like that? There was no way Sammy would leave him. After a pause, I knew what I needed to say, the truth.
“In about a year or so I’ll need to go off to college, bud, but I promise I’ll come back whenever I can to see you and we’ll still have these special days, and Sammy isn’t going anywhere, she’s staying right here with you so don’t you worry.”
I rifled through my pockets for my car keys and found what I was looking for. “Here, whenever you feel lonely or your mama ever tells you that again, you look at this key chain. That is the one person you can always count on, you know that right?”
He stared at the picture of him and Sammy smiling back at me at her sixteenth birthday picnic and brushed his finger across it. He flung his arms around me and I hugged him back tight.
“I’m always here for you, Tommy, you and your sister”
Brushing my finger over the key chain, I took one last look and placed it down on the edge of the dock. This world was cruel.
Hearing footsteps behind me, I wiped the tear rolling down my cheek away before anyone saw me here crying.
I straightened up and froze as a voice startled me.
“Connor?”
What I was seeing hit me like a sledgehammer to the chest. It couldn’t be, could it? He tensed and started to stand up, he was a far cry from the seventeen-year-old Connor I remembered, he was at least six-foot-three now and built like it’d never seen him before. He’d definitely been to the gym more times in one week than I’d been in my whole lifetime.
But as soon as he turned around, I knew it was him instantly, those warm brown eyes bore holes deeper into me than any other person ever could. He was always able to see right through me.
As I got closer, I noticed what he had placed on the dock only seconds ago, that key chain, the same that was here every year at this time. I couldn’t believe it. I felt the rage and the betrayal build up inside me. I could feel the thick tension in the air and before I knew what I was doing, I was charging towards him.
“How dare you show your face here again!” I spat, pointing directly at him. It didn’t go unnoticed how handsome he had gotten with age as my mouth continued to have a voice of its own. “How could you ever come back here?” He tried to take a step back while still
“Yes! I can’t wait to get to the top, is there lots of trees? I bet there is. Will I be able to climb the tallest tree? I bet there’s a giant one! Oh, have you remembered the marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers? I can’t wait for those. I think next time we should try grilled cheese again, it didn’t go so well last time but I bet next time we’ll do it good huh, Con?” This kid made my day.
Chuckling, I ruffled his hair. “Sure, we can try grilled cheese again next time.” Only there was no next time.
After the long hike and climbing of trees we sat around the fire we had made, Tommy beaming with pride whilst roasting his marshmallow. “Have you had a good day? We should get ready to head back soon, Red will think I’ve kidnapped you.” His smile suddenly disappeared.
“Sammy won’t tell me off, it’s okay, Connor, I’ll tell her.” He looked towards the fire. “Mama might though, we should go home now.”
I moved closer to him. “Hey, no one will tell you off, I was just kidding around. You know they both love you and they know I’m looking after you.”
‘They’ didn’t but Sammy did, it’s just their mom who couldn’t care less, although I’d never say that to Tommy, I think he already knew.
“Mama shouts,” he said, shuffling his feet in the dirt.
I turned towards him. “Oh yeah? Parents do that sometimes.”
He was thinking intensely. “Sammy never shouts but mama says Sammy is going to leave us and go to college soon, I don’t want her to leave. Are you leaving me too?”
The question came out of nowhere, I didn’t know what to say. Why would Cindy be telling him something like that? There was no way Sammy would leave him. After a pause, I knew what I needed to say, the truth.
“In about a year or so I’ll need to go off to college, bud, but I promise I’ll come back whenever I can to see you and we’ll still have these special days, and Sammy isn’t going anywhere, she’s staying right here with you so don’t you worry.”
I rifled through my pockets for my car keys and found what I was looking for. “Here, whenever you feel lonely or your mama ever tells you that again, you look at this key chain. That is the one person you can always count on, you know that right?”
He stared at the picture of him and Sammy smiling back at me at her sixteenth birthday picnic and brushed his finger across it. He flung his arms around me and I hugged him back tight.
“I’m always here for you, Tommy, you and your sister”
Brushing my finger over the key chain, I took one last look and placed it down on the edge of the dock. This world was cruel.
Hearing footsteps behind me, I wiped the tear rolling down my cheek away before anyone saw me here crying.
I straightened up and froze as a voice startled me.
“Connor?”
What I was seeing hit me like a sledgehammer to the chest. It couldn’t be, could it? He tensed and started to stand up, he was a far cry from the seventeen-year-old Connor I remembered, he was at least six-foot-three now and built like it’d never seen him before. He’d definitely been to the gym more times in one week than I’d been in my whole lifetime.
But as soon as he turned around, I knew it was him instantly, those warm brown eyes bore holes deeper into me than any other person ever could. He was always able to see right through me.
As I got closer, I noticed what he had placed on the dock only seconds ago, that key chain, the same that was here every year at this time. I couldn’t believe it. I felt the rage and the betrayal build up inside me. I could feel the thick tension in the air and before I knew what I was doing, I was charging towards him.
“How dare you show your face here again!” I spat, pointing directly at him. It didn’t go unnoticed how handsome he had gotten with age as my mouth continued to have a voice of its own. “How could you ever come back here?” He tried to take a step back while still
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