The rain falls harder in August “Please don’t go, Dad. » Ell said with tears forming in the corners of her eyes, "Please don't." "I'll always be here darling, never stop trying" Ell's father said with his last breath. The room fell silent, then the heart rate monitor gave a single buzzing beep. Ell's father had stood still, and now, with tears streaming down her cheeks, Ell hugged her father, "I'll make sure of it Dad." - 15 hours earlier - It was a bitterly cold August day when Ell Johnson, a fourteen-year-old student at Myers High School. It seemed like any other day, but it was special to her. She was never like other children. She was still looking outside, watching the patter of raindrops creating puddles outside the classroom, searching for something in the water, something she just couldn't understand. her music teacher called her. She immediately looked towards the front of the classroom and saw Ms. Prisley looking at her. “Sorry, I thought I saw something outside,” Ell replied, flipping through her music book. "Maybe you should have seen what page we were on ...