Not you ma, I love your daughter!

First snow...

    Morning. 

~Dare Ofegu~

"Wakey Wakey!"

I heard the call from outside the door of my room. I rolled in bed mumbling inaudibly. 

"Mr Dare, are you awake yet?"

The call came again. I fisted the duvet in my hands, trying to knock off the intrusion but then there was little I could do. 

"I'm coming in now."

That was the final call. I turned over, my face to the white ceiling of the room which seemed endless. The duvet half-tucked into my chest. I was in pajamas. 

I heard the doorknob bothered and the door creaked. Then came a sequence of barking. 

"Morning, Mr Dare."

The woman called again but even before I could stand up, one of the dogs had jumped on the bed and climbed on me, licking my face with his wet tongue. I could feel my chest wailing for help. Its 130 pounds almost capable of digging up my intestines. 

"Shit."

I wrestled with the dog and ma