The ambulance lights flashed across the field.<\/p>\n
Paramedics rushed toward the ditch.<\/p>\n
But the little girl refused to let go of her father.<\/p>\n
Her arms stayed wrapped around him.<\/p>\n
Tears still streaming down her face.<\/p>\n
Then\u2014<\/p>\n
one of the paramedics knelt beside her.<\/p>\n
\u201cSweetheart, we need to help him now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reluctantly, she nodded.<\/p>\n
As she stood up, her pink backpack slipped from her shoulder.<\/p>\n
Something fell onto the grass.<\/p>\n
A folded drawing.<\/p>\n
The biker noticed it immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat’s that?\u201d<\/p>\n
The little girl quickly picked it up.<\/p>\n
Her cheeks turning red.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
But her father smiled weakly.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I see?\u201d<\/p>\n
Slowly\u2014<\/p>\n
she handed it to him.<\/p>\n
The biker unfolded the paper.<\/p>\n
And froze.<\/p>\n
It was a crayon drawing of a motorcycle.<\/p>\n
A little girl riding behind a bearded biker.<\/p>\n
Both smiling.<\/p>\n
Above them were the words:<\/p>\n
My Hero Dad<\/strong><\/p>\n The biker’s eyes filled with tears.<\/p>\n His hands trembled.<\/p>\n Then he noticed something written in the corner.<\/p>\n Small.<\/p>\n Almost hidden.<\/p>\n Please keep coming home.<\/strong><\/p>\n The world seemed to stop.<\/p>\n The sirens.<\/p>\n The voices.<\/p>\n Everything.<\/p>\n The little girl lowered her head.<\/p>\n \u201cI drew it after your last trip.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI was scared you wouldn’t come back.\u201d<\/p>\n The biker swallowed hard.<\/p>\n A lump forming in his throat.<\/p>\n Then he reached out and pulled her close.<\/p>\n Ignoring the pain.<\/p>\n Holding her tightly.<\/p>\n His voice cracked.<\/p>\n Filled with emotion.<\/p>\n \u201cI promise, princess.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI’ll always fight to come home to you.\u201d<\/p>\n The little girl smiled through tears.<\/p>\n And hugged him even tighter.<\/p>\n Because in that moment\u2014<\/p>\n the accident wasn’t what mattered.<\/p>\n What mattered was that her hero<\/p>\n was still here to keep his promise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ambulance lights flashed across the field. Paramedics rushed toward the ditch. But the little girl refused to let go of her father. Her arms stayed wrapped around him. Tears still streaming down her face. Then\u2014 one of the paramedics knelt beside her. \u201cSweetheart, we need to help him now.\u201d Reluctantly, she nodded. As she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimes.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimes.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimes.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimes.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimes.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storytimes.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimes.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimes.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimes.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimes.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}