11 'Incredibly Beautiful'

A memory of middle school flashed through my mind, when I came home sobbing from a school picnic; because of bullies. Being too scared to even consider riding on a rollercoaster made me a target of the snickers.

Dad couldn't see me crying and took me to an amusement park. In the short queue of the rollercoaster ride; we were standing, I fathomed the reason that we were even here while nervousness made my stomach lurch.

"Dad, I can't- I can't." I tried to free my hand from his grasp as we were about to sit on the rollercoaster. "Listen to me, Lin, calm down," he hushed me.

"Do you trust your dad?"

"I trust you, dad," I mumbled.

"Then hold on to my hand and jump in, don't let your fears decide what you can do."

Despite being reluctant, I was unable to let him down so I hopped in. I clenched his hand and sleeves, squeezing my eyes shut as my gut twisted and made me nauseous.