Authors: Eve Marie Mont
A Breath of Eyre (34 page)
Thinking was not possible. Instinct made me reach out for air, my lungs desperate for oxygen, and then, I felt not air but ice-cold flesh. Large hands grabbed me and pulled me out of the water like they were hauling out a large fish. Air detonated in my lungs. I coughed and sputtered, collapsing onto the shore.
I heard my father saying my name. “Emma, wake up. It’s just a nightmare. Wake up!”
Just a nightmare. My damp pajamas clung to my chest and my goose-fleshed legs. I shivered uncontrollably, but I knew that if I sat up, I would find myself safe in bed but covered in sweat, my father’s arms around me.
But this time when I sat up, I was still on the beach, drenched and cold, and my father was cradling me, rocking me back and forth, repeating, “It was just a nightmare, just a nightmare... .”
Only both of us knew this wasn’t true.
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