—Brooklyn Heights – 1999—Age 9
“Daddy, I’m scared.”
“Shh! I know, Lyric, but you have to be very quiet, baby,
can you do that?”
“I’ll try,” she shook her head and squeezed her legs tighter against her chest.
“That’s my big girl. I have to go and get your brothers. Now you stay down, and no matter what you
hear, you don’t leave this closet. Understand?”
“I understand.” Sinking down to the floor, Lyric closed her
eyes and tried her best to find a happy place; her 7th birthday
party on the sandy shores of Turtle Creek. Running on the beach with her
brother Echo and building sandcastles with Blaze.
