Chapter 6 - First day alone with River

Chapter 6 – First day alone with River

Three weeks later

Axel King

POV

I sit on the sofa in my apartment, it’s the first day alone with River and I’m starting to feel the pressure. She’s done nothing but sleep for the last hour, yet I keep checking her pulse. When her chest doesn’t rise when I’m looking. I’ve never been so nervous in my life.

She’s currently sleeping on my knees because I don’t want to put her to bed. I’m scared to leave her alone. I don’t want her out of my eyesight. The doctors said she’s healthy, but I still don’t trust it, I do believe them, it’s just two weeks ago was her mother’s funeral. And since then, I’ve been keeping a closer eye on River than necessary. She’s my all, I would die if anything happened to my little girl.

For Olivia’s funeral my entire family took the day off from work and attended her funeral. My father planned the whole thing and paid for everything as well. It was a small funeral, and it was only my family. We buried her here so we could vi