Daddy

• Nicolas Garcia, Grade 9
• Short Story
• 2013

A young boy walks slowly into an old wooden house. Each step followed by a slight creak. He cringes at every noise he makes. He begins to climb the everlasting amount of stairs .On the wall, newspaper articles and pictures of familiar faces. One picture stands out the most. The boy stares at the picture. A row of men standing with a guitar at their feet. One of the men has a young boy sitting next to the guitar. The man is looking down and smiling at his son.
“Daddy”