Chapter 173. A Father's Fear

Ellie's POV

I run into nanny Aisha just a few steps from my room.

"He is calling for you non-stop, my dear. Please hurry!" Nanny Aisha says this with labored breathing.

Poor old lady! This chaos is not good for her old age.

I run past her towards my father's room and budge in without a knock.

My heart clenches in my chest as I rush into my father's room, heedless of any decorum or protocol.

"Ellie! Ellie! My child! Where are you?"

The urgency in his voice and the desperation in his cries spur me forward with a sense of purpose and determination that eclipses any fear or hesitation.

"Calm down, Mr. Riccaford. Your daughter is coming."

"E...l...l...i...e! My...my..."

The doctor's efforts to calm him are met with little success, their words falling on deaf ears as my father continues to thrash and cry out in agony. It is a harrowing sight, one that fills me with a sense of helplessness and despa