The Final Promise

Kaelia

My dad looked smaller than I'd ever seen him with tubes and wires coming out of his body like he was being kept together by machines.

The surgeon said he was lucky. Both bullets missed parts of his body by a little.

I touched his hand carefully afraid I might hurt him. "Dad?" I said. "Can you hear me?"

His eyes opened and at first they weren't focused. Then he saw my face.

"Kaelia " he whis