Chapter 98. But He Promised…

Riley dropped the baby carefully on the crib. The baby made a face as if to cry and the mother rocked her till she was peacefully sleeping.

Riley walked up to Bob who was puffing a pipe. She took it from him and dropped it on the tray on the table.

“For years now, I have loved and supported you. I have left my family and everything because of you. I have almost gone out of existence because of you. Not many people know of me and all because you need to keep me away because of your kind of job. But Bob, we have a baby. Just look, you have a beautiful little daughter now. Do you want her to grow up like this? Our child deserves a normal family like every other child.”

Bob closed his eyes as she spoke to him. For the past few months now he had been hearing the same thing from her and no matter how he tried to explain to her why things were the way they were, she did not seem to listen to him. He sighed and held her hand.

“You need to understand that I also want