A Girl in My Life

I move around, and his eyes follow me around the room, I can’t believe it…. Hoe… how… I stop walking as I feel Zaniel’s hand on my shoulder.

– She is a very sensitive baby, she must be feeling lonely, somehow she must have realized that you are her real guardian – he says and I frown – Realize that she can’t see me, even though at the moment the role of guardian angel is mine, she didn’t recognize me as such.

I feel my brain boiling, she wasn’t supposed to do that, now what? I don’t want to be her guardian angel. But her eyes look at me in such a gentle way… What beautiful eyes this child has, I feel calm looking at them… I decide to leave her room, I can’t go on otherwise I end up losing my position of warrior protector.

I stand outside the corridor and the voices of Elisa’s parents resounding through the door ahead, I cross it and observe the scene: Elisa’s mother standing walking from one side to the other and her husband sitting on the bed with a tired face.

– Our daughter is like this because of you! You knocked her to the ground! If today she is a defective child….

– She is perfect Marina! Don’t ever say that about my daughter again! I know I made a mistake, an unforgivable mistake, but don’t ever say that she is defective again! – for the first time I hear this human raise the calm tone of his voice, his eyes fill with tears as he finishes his speech.

– Whether you accept it or not, our daughter can’t even walk by herself! She constantly needs to lean on things even to stand up! Even though she is small you can already see the defect in her leg! – I feel sad to hear about the consequences of her bad fall…

– She will get better! I saw the money and as soon as she turns two years old I will pay for all the necessary treatments…

– And how will you manage? Get another job? Get a loan at the bank? Will you sully your name even more? – she says looking him up and down, I know I shouldn’t, but I can’t feel any good feeling for this human.

– It doesn’t matter, I will manage, and from next month on we will have cuts in spending! – she says firm in her decision.

I watch the woman’s eyes widen in disbelief, her face turns red and her nostrils grow wider, pulling the air into her lungs.

– We’ve already spent almost nothing and you want to cut back? Are you going to leave me with nothing to wear and nothing to eat? Is that right George?

– Don’t be dramatic, your wardrobe is packed with clothes, I hardly have room to put my four suits, two shorts and two shirts. And you only buy clothes from the most expensive brands…

– Quality brands, you mean – I corrected him without the least bit of shame. Well, it’s her daughter’s treatment!

– No, I meant really expensive ones, with the money you spend on three dresses it’s even more than you spend on shopping, and you don’t let up when it comes to choosing either.

– I just take what’s best for us…

– From next month on, I won’t have to choose the best, but the cheapest! No more buying more clothes, even more expensive ones, all the money left over from these cuts I will put in the bank and save it for Elisa’s treatments and this conversation ends here! Have a good night – the human lies down and turns his back to his wife.

I see her snort and lay down on her back too, I get closer to the man and see him crying, he must be very sorry… I shake my head and stand outside the couple’s room. Zaniel is beside Elisa’s door, like a guard and not beside her as he should be.

– Why isn’t he inside with the younger one? – I asked, stopping beside him.

– Is it to tell the truth or to be convenient? – I see his eye twitching.

– You know we are only allowed to tell the truth – I say the obvious and again he rolls his eyes showing impatience.

– I wasn’t created to be in there taking care of her, Anael, how do you think I’m feeling? I really wanted to be fulfilling my purpose, holding a sword and protecting the human race, that is my duty – he says and I see his eyes fall to the ground.

Looking by this side, I shouldn’t be here, angelic warrior protectors don’t protect the only human, if they notice danger they go in defense of any one, however, we descend from the paradise as a pair, that is, each human has two angels for his protection, however if an angel warrior protector is in disadvantage the other of the same class leaves the other human and goes in aid of the more necessary.

I came to the human world, but I didn’t bring any communication equipment to know if any other angel needs my help, so nothing is left for me but to stay here with Zaniel.

– I have one more doubt… – I speak thoughtfully.

– And what would that be, Anael? – I notice the impatience in your voice.

– If we do not return to paradise, then do we stay on earth until the human’s life span is over? – I ask, wrinkling my nose.

– We take time off, two replacement angels come and stay for a while so we can rest, we go back to paradise and just stay there for a few hours so we can relax and replenish our food supply, at that, it’s been two weeks here in this world.

– What a break mix…. – I can’t complete the sentence because the sound of something hard hitting the floor and a loud cry fills the whole enclosure, a shiver goes up my spine, I hold my breath.

Without thinking twice I cross the bedroom door and look with open eyes to the scene in front of me: Elisa is lying face down on the floor, with her hands she covers her eyes, a puddle of blood is on her head and it increases with each drop that drips from her forehead. I shudder, this red colour makes my mind go back to the past, but I shake my head to keep such bad memories away, that blood was not important, this one is and very important!

I notice Suriel behind me, I clench my hands into fists and control myself as much as I can not to draw my sword against a brother of honour.

– You should be by her side to avoid this! – I speak between teeth, I don’t want the feeling of anger to dominate my body.

He says nothing, his gaze is cold to Elisa, and this is annoying me, he is her guardian? He should be the most worried inside this room.

– Children get hurt all the time here in this world …. – the door of the room is opened and the girl’s father appears interrupting Zaniel’s speech.

– My daughter, what happened? – he kneels down next to her and lifts her from the floor, holding her in his arms.

– What happened to Elisa, George? – the human appears at the door yawning.

– I think she fell out of the cradle and hit her head, she’s bleeding a lot, we have to take her to the doctor! – says taking herself with Elisa in her lap.

– Take her bag here – she goes to the baby’s closet and takes the bag – I will clean this blood and her cot for when you come back – she says and leaves inside the room.

– As you wish… – he speaks very softly, puts the bag on his shoulder and leaves inside the house.

Zaniel and I follow him out, he get in the car and put Elisa in the car seat, get back to the driver seat and start the car to the hospital, I open my wings and start to fly following the car.