27. Save Him

Daniel

I feel pain like I've never felt before when the man shoots at me.

No, I'm lying. I have felt pain like this before. So this would be the second time. The first time was when I got into that car accident.

My parents asked our grandma to watch Trisha because I whined to them about going out to get ice cream. They tried to explain to me that they were going to do something special for my birthday tomorrow even though it was today. I insisted, saying it was not fair. I was a bratty fourteen-year-old who didn't want to listen.

I wish I hadn't begged them to take me out that day. They would've still been alive.

I still remember crawling out of the burning car. I didn't look back until I was at a safe distance, but when I did, I had to watch the car engulfed in the fire alongside the burning corpses of my parents. I didn't feel any pain at the time. I felt numb.

But when someone finally found me and the ambulance arrived, I felt a burning pain on the side of my face and body. And no