“Are you a policeman?” I asked him as Terrance got in the car. “You look too young to be a policeman.”
Terrance shut his door and laughed. “He is too young, but he wants to be one when he’s older. He likes to come for ride-alongs every now and then. He has been begging me to take him on a night shift. I eventually gave in.”
Simon smiled at me and looked at my teddy. “Who’s this you’re holding?”
“He’s Mr. Wigglesby. Everywhere I go, he goes.”
Simon smiled again. I liked his smile. It was a polite smile and my parents always taught me to be polite. “You’re going to be a very big policeman. I can tell.”
Simon and Terrance laughed as Terrance drove away from my home and into the dead of night. I didn’t know what time it was, but I knew it was very late.
“I think being big just runs in our family, Cassie.”
Shaking my head, I looked out of my window at the passing trees. They looked like blurry bushes as we passed. “I didn’t mean he would be big in that way. I meant he’s going to be big on the police force.”
Turning his head towards me, Simon looked like he was interested in what I had said. “You really think so?”
I squeezed Mr. Wigglesby and nodded my head. “I know so.”
When we arrived at the hospital, Terrance went to talk to some people whilst I sat on a little chair. A nurse came by and gave me some hot chocolate as I waited. I liked hot chocolate. My mummy taught me how to make it and it always tasted really good.
I didn’t know for how long I sat there. It felt like it was hours sitting in the chair with my little suitcase, Mr. Wigglesby in my arms. He was a beautiful light brown bear with a gold bow and the fluffiest fur you ever felt. There was no way I could be without him. I couldn’t let him go, not for a second.
A door soon opened and my head snapped up. Standing there staring at me was my uncle, Billy. He looked like he had been crying and that made me hurt inside.
“Uncle Billy!” I shouted as the tears came rolling down my face. I hadn’t cried until now. Just seeing my uncle so upset made me upset.
“Cassie!” he ran towards me and took me in his arms. I snuggled into his neck and breathed in his familiar scent. I was crying, but I felt safer now.
“They’re gone, Uncle Billy. They’re gone forever.”
He sobbed into my shoulder. “I know sweetheart. I know.”
I felt better now that my uncle was here, but one thing still made me very frightened. “Don’t ever leave me, Uncle Billy. You can’t die. I won’t let you die.”
I felt his arms tighten around me as he cried into my shoulder. “I will never leave you, Cassie. I promise. I’m going to take you home where Chris will be waiting. We will take care of you, Cassie. We will get through this together, okay?”
I nodded and snuggled into his arms. I didn’t want Billy to let me go. I felt him bend down to retrieve my little case as he carried me out of the hospital.
Now that I was with Uncle Billy, I felt my eyes grow heavy. I had been up for what felt like hours and I really wanted to sleep. Hopefully when I woke up, this would have all been a bad dream. Sometimes I did have bad dreams. Maybe this was one of them.
That was the last thought in my head before my grip on Mr. Wigglesby loosened and my world turned into darkness.
Author Bio
Jaimie Roberts was born in London, but moved to Gibraltar in 2001. She is married with two sons, and in her spare time, she writes.
In June 2013, Jaimie published her first book, Take a Breath, with the second released in November 2013. With the reviews, Jaimie took time out to read and learn how to become a better writer. She gets tremendous enjoyment out of writing, and even more so from the feedback she receives.
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