Touching The Heart Of Ace (SAMPLE)

Chapter 58

I knocked on the door like a lunatic, and stormed past the person who opened it, not caring if it was Robbie, Jason or that fucking bitch Janice herself. All of them could burn in hell including myself but my sweet baby...

She fell and...

I was shedding my jacket, shoes and belt waywardly all over the living room, storming to her room.

"She is in my bedroom, Angel." I felt a soft tug on my hand and it guided me to a dark and gloomy room.

The light I kept in this house was flickering with fever and it was not surprising to see everything dimmed.

Even the crashing waves sounded so worried.

My baby, where was she???

I choked back a sob looking at her.

Her tiny sweet body was looking so fragile and non-existent on Robbies California King bed.

"Oh." I small whimper of despair left my throat and I was shaking so bad. I swallowed my sobs and I gently brushed her tiny forehead and hissed, when I got burned.

She was burning up so bad.

"Daddy..." I called for Robbie because I was so scared and I did not know what to do. She was shivering under the blanket but was sweating too.

I heard her tiny whimpers, and I felt I was dying.

"Daddy... Prin... cess..." I sniffled and I truly was dying.

"She needs a cold bath." That was all he could say and I noticed how tired and lonely he looked.

I stretched out my arm and he cuddled closer to my body; he was also shaking. "She is fine Angel. She is fine."

I heard my baby whimpering again. "I am gonna... I am gonna..." I could not finish my sentence as I stripped myself to the underwear and removed Lia's sweater and onesie.

I picked her up and I bit back my sob again when I got burned by her fever... again. She was shaking to her core. Robbie put his hand behind my back and I was doing everything to stop from screaming.

Robbie took my baby out of my hands as I lowered myself to the Jacuzzi filled with cold water. I looked around and noticed how cluttered everything was. How long had he been doing this?

Another whimper broke me off unnecessary irrelevant things. This time, I could not stop from crying when my baby sighed in relief, when lowered to the cold water.

It was not how it should be. She did not like cold baths. Her fevered body did not even wake up in water. She lied on my chest like a broken doll.

No, not broken.

I would not let her to break... I would kill anyone who dares to touch her again.

I cradled her close, slowly washing her body and the water was warming up fast because of her temperature.

"Stream, daddy."

"Will it be too cold for you?"

I did not reply and Robbie changed the settings and the water started flowing around us and soon steady stream of cold water flowed through my shoulder and gently caressed Lia's back before flowing away.

She sighed again and her whimpers lowered and she fell asleep, again.

I sniffled at how much she had lost weight, toddlers like her should not lose weight. Her chubby arms were now thin as twigs, her stomach had crawled inwards, and her ribs were poking through.

"My baby." I sobbed harder and my chest shook with emotion but my sweet baby did not wake up.

I felt Robbie slowly rubbing my back. "Nothing is wrong."