A/n this is just a short story and it's really sad
Chapter 1 I'm home
I should have told her I should've told my wife that I was coming home but I wanted it to be a surprise especially for my daughter. Shes now six years old and I left her when she was four to go serve in the army. Now she's six years old. I was near the driveway looking at our house nothing to special trampoline in the front picket fence around the front of the house but tall brown fences in the back the walls made out of bricks and a porch with two chairs and a glass table but none of that stuff mattered right now all I was focused on was the sidewalk leading to the front steps because on those front steps my daughter Emily was there.
Chapter 2 daddy
I was still sitting in my car watching her play with her barbies I could hear her say " quick we have to save mr fluffles. Mr fluffles is a unicorn that I gave to her before I left. I finally got the urge to get out of the car. I slowly walked to the picket fence when she dropped her toys and stood there then she ran up to me her pigtails bobbing up and down and a tear in her eye. She reached my arms and she started crying " daddy I missed you so much " " I missed you to sweetie ". A few minutes later my wife came out crying and we stood and hugged for 10 minutes
Chapter 3 bad news
It was night time and Emily was asleep me and my wife were sitting on the couch talking. " honey I need to tell you something "' " what " she asked in a loud voice " sshh " your going to wake up em- . Daddy what's wrong she said " nothing go back to bed " I said. A few minutes later I told my wife " I'm dying " she started crying " what " she said. I showed her my chest I got shot three times one in my heart the only way I will live is if someone donates their heart
Chapter 4 final
Me and Emily were playing catch she's so big now she's 10 years old already . I threw a ball and she caught it perfect. I started to feel dizzy I went to tell my wife but she wasn't home i walked outside but then I fell and everything went black. I woke up in the hospital and saw my wife sitting there " why am I here " I asked " check your chest " I checked my chest " why is there stitches ". " someone donated " " who " I asked she started crying " Emily " she choked out. No no I tried to move but I couldn't I took off the cover and one leg was missing " what happened ". " well there was hardly any blood to pump for the heart so in order they had to cut off something so there could be more blood ". " so why my leg " I said " well I barely got here but the doctors told me that Emily wanted the leg so atleast you guys could hold hands in heaven " I started crying and felt like just giving up on life
Epilogue
I've been visiting the cemetery like for Christmas I put mr fluffy with her before she got buried but every time I leave I feel like she's grabbing my hand and saying since we can't hold hands in heaven right now I just hold your hand here
