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."

arms. "If I survive, I'll take you out of

crystal pendant around his neck and placed it on

each other for warmth. Their shared body heat kept them alive

he woke the next morning, the girl was gone. He couldn't

arrived, and he had no choice but to leave

mumbled in his sleep, suddenly jolting

had been a dream. He had dreamed of that

her long ago-that girl

and Jessica were a perfect couple.

by his side all these years, raising

be spoiled and radiant.

she was

him, he still often

so determined as she dragged

her warmth,

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sudden disappearance, waking up in shock from

he suddenly realized there was a soft, fragrant body

her head resting against his chest. The memories from the night before came flooding back. He remembered everything-how they had ended up

back against him, and he had wrapped his

spent the night like that, wrapped