Daddy Issues

What Now?

Michaels POV

Lyla Lyla Lylaaaa please wake up , I ran holding the gurney keeping pace with the nurses till I was no longer allowed any further

Nurse- "Sir we will let you know of any developments"  

"Okay thank you" 

So much was running through my mind I couldn't stop crying I was enraged and hurt 

"Michael Clifford ?" 

"Yes" I looked up and saw two police officers 

"I can't do this right now please understand" I told them 

" I know this is a difficult time for you but we need to catch the man that did this so please tell us what happened " the officer said 

One of the officers handed me a cup of chamomile tea, 

"it was so fucked" I started telling them exactly what happened

"Okay so one of my caterers informed me that they had seen Lyla walk into a room with a man and so I went into the guest room near the kitchen and there (I choked up ) I saw this man with his hand wrapped around Lyla's neck , she was red, I didn't even think she was breathing anymore, she looked lifeless. I punched him and pushed him off and carried Lyla away. I didn't care about him at the moment  I just knew that I needed to save Lyla so I yelled and said call the police by the time I went downstairs the ambulance was outside and I hoped in and now we are here. I don't know where he went but his name is Andrew Mahoney, he is an investor at my company "

" thank you for your cooperation sir we will do everything in our power to catch this man"

4 hours later

I waited for what felt like an eternity , the nurse told me I could finally see my baby girl. I walked into the room very causciously because I didn't want to make any loud noises. My heart shattered and my eyes filled with tears my baby girl already had a bruise formed on her beautiful neck, the nurse had told me that her rib cage was also bruised 

L-  Hey 

M- baby no don't talk I don't want you to strain yourself, i'm so sorry that I wasn't there to protect you this is all my fault , that son of a bitch is going to pay. Why would he hurt you like this? 

L- Michael , he's my father  (Lyla said with a raspy voice)

M- What are you talking about, I thought your father was dead the way you made it seem. Why would he do this ? We will talk about this when you better I don't want you to strain yourself. I'm going to let you rest, I have to go talk to the cops.

She smiled and I walked out half heartedly smiling back. I immediately called the officers that I had talked to earlier and let them know that Lyla's attacker was her father 

So much was running through my mind but all I knew was that I needed to make this right for Lyla