Chapter 74

I make my to the bed with my arms stuck out, she rests in them the moment I sit on the bed. She silent but her grip on my top says everything.

"Why does daddy sleep for days?" She asks looking up at me with those eyes.

"Well," I opt for the truth although I don't think she'll understand a word I say.

"Your dad sort of has insomnia; that's a condition where someone can't sleep, chronic sleeplessness.

"He's had it since he was sixteen, the thing is with your dad. He can go days to weeks with no sleep but that all catches up to him and his body gives up making him go unconscious for a few days. To catch up to all the sleep he's lost," I finish, she nods in my arms.

"Is that why Nicky doesn't want me to see daddy sometimes?"

I nod and pull back to see her face properly, "none of us want to see you crying like this, you're too pretty to cry. We want you to stay happy,"

I wiped away her tears and kiss both her blotchy cheeks