The Heartbreak Prescription by Glazed Snow

My Dad Please Come 47

Chapter 47

He reminded her that the area was dangerous and urged her to leave quickly. The people chasing him were closing in, and she wouldn't make it out alive if she stayed.

But the girl didn't leave. Instead of running, she struggled to drag him with her, pulling him into a hidden cave.

"Big Brother, this place is safe. They won't find us here," she said.

He looked at the girl-so young, only a child. It was already into the winter months, but she was wearing just a thin, faded dress

that had been washed so many times it was nearly white. It seemed like she had been in this forest alone for a long time, her only

companion the tattered doll she clutched in her arms.

He was badly injured, his body icy-cold.

The girl reached out and hugged him. "Are you cold? If I hold you like this, you won't feel cold anymore."

He looked into her eyes, so clear and bright.

"Why are you here alone? Where's your home? Where are your parents?" he asked.

The girl was silent for a moment. “I have no home, no parents. No one wants me in this world."

pulled her into his arms. "If I survive, I'll take

crystal pendant around his neck and placed it on

the night in the cold cave, holding each other for warmth.

the girl was gone.

he had no choice but to leave

mumbled in his sleep, suddenly jolting

He had dreamed

found her long ago-that girl had been

knew that he and Jessica were a perfect couple.

his side all these years,

be spoiled and radiant.

was his precious

with Jessica right next to him, he still often dreamed of that girl from

dreamed of her thin body, so determined as she dragged him

her warmth, holding

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dreamed of her sudden disappearance, waking up in

realized there

The memories from the night before came flooding back. He remembered everything-how they

had curled her delicate back against him, and

night like that, wrapped in