Daddy's Love novel Chapter 8

We come back home from the park and it seems like Ana had a good time there. She made friends with Matt but was too shy to make anymore friends. She really enjoyed the swing. She was giggling. I promise she was!

I was surprised that I took her out the first day. No one does that. No Dom came and spoke to us today because they were scared of scaring my baby girl. She was extremely docile and well behaved. And outdoors did her wonders. She is smiling and is much more comfortable with me. She is not recoiling or trying to get inside walls now at least.

We change again.

"Do you want to play or watch TV while I cook us some dinner?" I ask her.

She looks at me thinking hard.

"Or maybe we can order pizza?" I grin at her and she smiles.

"Pizza it is!" I smile and leave her on the couch in the living room and go outside to order pizza.

When I come back five minutes later, I have a mini heart attack. My baby is somewhere between bookshelves that are really high for her, climbing like Spider Man, trying to get a book out.

"Are you trying to give me a heart attack?" I ask her as I hold her in my arms.

"Sorry, I didn't ask.... " she trails off.

"Baby, you don't climb bookshelves like that, okay? What if you fall and hurt yourself?" I hug her protectively.

"Now which book do you want?"

"The Book Thief"

I get the book out and hand it to her.

She takes it with a thank you.

We settle on the couch. She reads and I look at her, playing with her hair. She makes a million expressions for every page that she reads. She is so quiet.

The bell rings. She looks at me and closes the book and keeps it aside.

I go up to get the pizza. I come back and she is lying on the couch. She looks so comfortable. Good. This is her house. She should be comfortable around.

"Come let's go eat Ana." I call her.

"Can we eat here, please? Daddy." She asks.

I can't hold my smile back.

"Since you have been such a good girl all day long, I think we can." I grin and we settle on the carpet with pizzas and garlic breads for her.