44.You’ve Been Accepted

Even now, I despise winter.

The tips of my fingers and toes, and even the inside of my head goes numb and my bones start to ache like they're old. Just the thought of it being frostbite, made me riddled with anxiety. As a kid, I liked the cold, because when the streets were slippery, my dad would hold my hand and we'd find patches to slide on together. It used to make me really happy.

But I couldn't have ever predicted that it would come to a sudden end.

I had gotten extremely sick for the first time and needed breathing treatments and medicine. I was still alive, but hospital bound, and when I opened my eyes, dad wasn't there because he had to earn money to help me survive. It was so extremely cold at the time that I felt it in my bones. There was only Vincenzo's hands to wipe the tears that wouldn't stop and I remember his hands being very warm.