DOUBLE HEIR ; A LOVE IN DISGUISE
He pulled the trigger, the sound deafening.
I watched my father fall, blood spreading across the floor. I couldn’t stop myself from running to him. He lay there, fighting for his life, the sight of which I could never forget. I pushed the door open and ran towards him, screaming his name.
Just as I sat beside him, calling for him to wake up, pushing his head from side to side, expecting words from his mouth while knowing deep down that it was all over.
I turned around in anger and disbelief to a gun pointing directly at me. I had seen it all, been a witness to it all. I saw the cold determination in their eyes, they were going to kill me too.