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Their room was dark, apart from a night-light at the corner of the room reflecting a warm light onto them.
'Mummy, Daddy? can you sing us a lullaby?' Zoe asked, her big blue eyes sparkling.
'Yea, Wuwiby Wuwiby!' Haillie squealed, still not old enough to pronounce some words properly.
Tim looked at Lucy and she laughed, he gave her an I-cant-sing-for-shit look.
'Any suggestions?' Lucy asked, sitting down on Zoe's bed, the pastel 'My little pony' covers creasing beneath her.
'Oh, I heard one, it's called, Dream a little dream of me! I heard it in school.' Zoe said, grinning.
The flashbacks hit Lucy like a truck, Trapped in a claustrophobic barrel, buried alive, Scared for her life while singing one last song, she thought it would be the last one she'd ever sing.
Tim swallowed and looked at Lucy, he already knew she was facing flashbacks, he was too, tracking her down, seeing her suffocating in the barrel, performing life or death CPR, holding her while she trembled and cried in his arms.
She stalled for a moment, then got her bearing, she smiled and turned back to Zoe.
'Any other suggestions?" She asked, resting her hand on Zoe's leg.
'No! no! We want that one!' Zoe whined and Hallie agreed with her.
She took a deep breath, she could do this, it was for her daughters.
She stared singing, her voice trembled at some parts out of fear that came back to her, but she kept going.by the time she was done Zoe and Haillie were sound asleep, hugging their stuffed animals.
Kojo walked in, his claws clicking off the floor, he jumped on Haillies bed and layed down curled in a ball.
'Watch over them Kojo.' Lucy whispered and Kojo looked up at her, then closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Lucy and Tim whispered goodnight and closed the door gently.
Tim placed his hand on her waist and looked her in the eye.
She smiled and he smiled back, she rested her head against his chest and he pulled her closer.
'Im proud of you, Babe' he muttered into her hair while running his hands up and down her back.
'It was for them.' She said, and her voice cracked, she was fighting back tears.
'you were brave.' Tim said and she pulled away from him slowly and smiled.
'Thank you.' She murmured, then she let out a gasp when he unexpectedly picked her up.
She laughed quietly, trying not to wake the girls as he carried her to their room.
Then He shut the door.
||The end👹||