Chapter 26

"I want to see a peacock!" Mia demanded

"I showed you one." Alex responded.

"That was on television." She glared at him angrily, and he sighed deeply.

It was six in the morning when she had come barging inside his room, and tapped on his arm continuously until he woke up and demanded to see a peacock out of nowhere.

His first reaction was to think of it as a dream, and go back to sleep.

But then she started crying loudly, which caused him to wake up with a jerk.

He looked at her crying state and realised that he wasn't dreaming and that it was happening in reality.

Taking a deep breath and running a hand through his already messy hair, he stared at her with drowsy eyes.

"What is it?" He whispered hoarsely, and she sniffed, looking at him.

"I want to see a peacock." She demanded rubbing her nose, and he kept staring at her for a good two minutes until he realised she wasn't kidding.

"Mia, we'll go to the zoo some other time. Now sleep, it isn't good for the baby." He muttere