The Calling of the Ocean

She opened the door and a scream was unleashed, she saw her father hanging. Death had come knocking at their door, there was her father, hanging dead, emotionless, his beady lifeless eyes staring at his daughter. Lily turned around and heard her mother’s frantic footsteps making their way up the wooden staircase. Lily stood by the door of her father’s study with glimmering tears running down her cheeks.

“What’s the matter darling? “ asked her mother. Lily could say nothing, she felt paralysed there was nothing she could do. “WHAT’S THE MATTER?” asked her mother again, growing more and more anxious by the second. She slowly made her way to her daughter and peered into her husband’s study. There he was hanging, showing no signs of remorse towards his mourning wife and daughter. The mother quickly shielded her daughter’s eyes hoping it would make the horrible scene disappear and resurrect her dead husband from the underworld. There by the door of the study stood Lily and her mother weeping as if tomorrow would never come knocking on their doorstep ever again.

A few hours later their huge, beachside manor was crawling with men in blue uniforms and a few others in white lab coats. Lily was sitting on the patio listening to the howl of the wind and the roar of the angry waves, she turned her head towards the front door of their patio and saw the men in white carrying a big black body bag across a stretcher, her father was in that bag. She sat on the wooden chair sipping on the hot chocolate drink her mother had prepared. Lily stood up and made her way down the cold sand, she liked the way the sand crawled in between her toes. She stood by the beach wrapped up in a warm blanket, she began reminiscing all the wonderful times she h...

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“ hi Andy, “ said Lily. She was trying to sound happy, but he knew very well it was just an act.

“ hey Lily, I just wanted to check in on you”

“ oh, I’m fine”

“ well, honestly, I wanted to talk to you.” Said Andy and he slowly approached Lily.

“ Well, what is it??”

“ Lily, I know all about your drinking. I was passing by your house and I saw you through the window. I know all about the Yale letter too.”

Lily was shocked “ have you been stalking me?”

“ Yes, I admit it. Listen please I like you and I love the ocean and so do you. I found this letter with my father. It’s from your dad and it’s for you. Our parents used to be friends.”

Lily took the letter from Andy and read it. It was a letter which included her father’s wishes for her to continue her love of marines and the sea. She finished the letter and ran to Andy’s arms and secretly smiled inside.