She walked up the steps to the stage and searched the crowd frantically with her eyes searching till she found him watching her. He raised an eyebrow and smirked and she felt herself blush. She straightened her dress, adjusted the microphone and began to sing.
"Wind blowing on my face
Sidewalk flying beneath my bike
A five year olds first taste
Of what freedom's really like
He was running right beside me
His hand holding on the seat
I took a deep breath and hollered
As I headed for the street
You can let go now daddy
You can let go
Oh I think I'm ready to do this on my own
It's still a little bit scary
But I want you to know
I'll be okay now daddy
You can let go"
She glanced down at him and saw him smiling softly with tears in his eyes.
"I was standing at the altar
Between the two loves of my life
To one I've been a daughter
To one I soon would be a wife
When the preacher asked
"Who gives this woman?"
Daddy's eyes filled up with tears
He kept holding tightly to my arm
'Til I whispered in his ear
You can let go now daddy
You can let go
Oh I think I'm ready to do this on my own
It's still feels a little bit scary
But I want you to know
I'll be okay now daddy
You can let go"
She felt her eyes well up with tears and she blinked fast, holding them back.
She looked down at him again and saw him mouth "It's ok."
She closed her eyes, stepped closer to the microphone and felt the first tear fall.
"It was killing me
To see the strongest man I ever knew
Wasting away to nothing in that hospital room
"You know he's only hanging on for you"
That's what the night nurse said
My voice and heart were breaking
As I crawled up in his bed and said
You can let go now daddy
You can let go
Your little girl is ready to do this on my own
Its gonna be a little bit scary
But I want you to know
I'll be okay now daddy
You can let go
You can let go"
She was crying completely now. She smiled through her tears at him and stepped down from the stage straight into his arms. "He was more of a father to me then my own father was." She whispered into his neck. "I know Zi." He murmured as his own tears fell. "It breaks my heart to wake up every morning and realise I'll never see him again." She sobbed. "Shush Zee-vah. We'll get through this, together. I promise."