197 To Win the Game. (1/2)

The door of Corey's daughter's room opened silently, and he went inside. He had never been so worried as at that moment.

Ashley was sleeping peacefully on her crib and looked like a little angel. Rick was afraid to even breathe, what if it would disturb her sleep? The man walked slowly to the bed and knelt, the whirlpool of feelings in his chest was impossible to recognize.

He knew that the dose of sleeping pills in his syringe was designed for an adult, but even if there was a small dose, he would not give it to his daughter. He fumbled in his pocket and found a small spray with a local anesthetic, 'So it should work,' Rick picked up his daughter's hand and sprayed her little fingers with the product.

A slight chill blew from the girl's skin, the man waited a few seconds and pricked her finger so that the blood came out. After which he repeated the same actions that he had done with Corey, he only inserted Ashley's chip into his second hand. The pain in his body began to intensify, and he realized that the effect of painkillers that he injected into himself began to subside.

He sat on the floor next to the bed, his head bowed down, trying to regain his breath. The evenly snuffling of his daughter behind him acted on the man as a soothing lullaby, all he wanted was to close his eyes and fall asleep here, next to her.

Suddenly, the blanket on the bed rustled, Rick tensed and did not know whether to turn his head or not. He froze, realizing that the girl's breathing had changed, but he was not sure whether she woke up or not.

”Ninja-san?” A quiet, childish voice disturbed the rest of the room.

She woke up.

Rick took off his black hood and turned to Ashley. Perplexity was fixed on the girl's face, which at the same moment gave way to genuine joy.

”D-dad? Dad!”

The girl, like a little monkey, threw herself on the man's neck and wrapped her arms around him, ”Dad, you have arrived! Hurrah!”

The man was taken aback for several seconds, after which he closed his eyes and hugged the girl tightly in response, ”Hello, my baby. Dad really missed you, so he came. Are you glad?” Rick was afraid to hear the answer to this question because he did not know that Corey was telling her daughter about him.

”Of course I'm glad! I love you very, very much!” Ashley added, and Rick realized that a little more and tears would come to his eyes.

”I also love you very, very much, my girl. You are so clever, dad is proud of you, Ashley,” this was the first time when he said his daughter's name out loud. Even her name was equivalent to some kind of magic for him.

Rick noticed an old battered rabbit lying on the girl's pillow, ”Is this your friend?” he asked his daughter.

Ashley grabbed the rabbit in her hands and happily showed her dad, ”Yes, this is my friend, my mother gave him to me. She said that in childhood he protected her from night monsters, and now he is sleeping with me.”

”Your mom's?”

Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

”Yeah, he was hers,” the girl handed the toy to Rick, ”Riri, please meet, this is my dad. Dad, this is Riri, my friend.”

The lump came up in Rick's throat when he heard the name of the toy, ”R-riri?”