A gasp slipped through Elisha's parted lips as she watched with horror gleaming in her wide eyes and her heart racing inside her chest. In the next moment, she squeezed her eyes shut, almost as if she was the one bracing for impact when in fact the reality was, she didn't dare to look.
She had expected to hear the crushing sound of Caleb's jaw breaking and him collapsing to the ground, but instead, she heard another familiar groan echo in the hallway and a loud thud reached her ears. Her eyes fluttered open and she was immediately greeted with the sight of her own father falling to the cold hard ground. Another gasp of surprise escaped from her throat and she rushed to help her father up.
"Daddy! What happened? Are you okay?" She asked, concern laced her soft voice as she looked at her father with a worried expression etched onto her face.
