Fracture

"Daddy, are you coming?" Her voice dances ahead of me as she dashes through the lavender field, a sea of purple under the clear, vibrant sky.

"I'm right behind you, sweetheart!" I call out. She's a blur of energy.

Abruptly, pain slices through my head. My world fractures, like a photograph being torn in half. Lavender fields turn to ash, the sky to a menacing red.

"David…" a distant voice echoes. "David!" The illusion vanishes. "Did you forget your medicine again today?"