“Sure, Daddy! What is it?” Athena asked, smiling ear to ear.
Elijah sat beside her. “First of all, how are you feeling now?”
“I’m fine now, Daddy. I feel safe now because you’re here. That’s why you can’t leave me again, Daddy, okay?” Athena said, trying to sound intimidating as her eyes squinted.
But Elijah only found her cute. He couldn’t help but pinch her cheeks as he smiled widely. “Of course. Daddy returned here for good, and Daddy won’t leave the both of you again.”
“Okay, Daddy! I’ll remember that promise!” Athena said to him. “Is that your question, Daddy?”
“No.” Elijah shook his head and looked at his daughter intently. “In any case, do you feel unsafe in this house, or other people surrounding you?”
That was what Elijah really wanted to acknowledge.
He noticed that althou
