Bridge
Thanks to a couple of cops who recognized a soul in need this story didn't come to that final point
It hurts, every step I take hurts. Sometimes I stumble, sometimes I just fall asleep between steps, sometimes I see things -- my little boy telling me: "Papa, almost there." or my eldest son looking at me, pale-faced, worried, silent. When I look again they're gone, as if they were never there, I must be hallucinating. But they're so real. Almost 16 hours since that fight, since the pain became unbearable. Almost 16 hours...