This chapter actually wasn´t planned that way but here we are. Maybe Ress gets to meet his daughter in the next chapter lol. Reviews always make me happy.
Tom looked at clock. It read 3 am. The child slept since two hours.
Finally he thought because the majority of time the little girl was on this earth she had cried.
The nurse had said it was because she missed the warmth of her mother, had laid the childin his arms and left the room. To him it felt like she had laid a ton of bricks in his arms so he placed her in the little bed.
She stopped crying for the first time when Samar arrived.
It was his child but he didn´t know what to do with her. He hoped she would sleep a lot more.
He needed to think. This child should have been his second chance. It was his way to get backto Liz so he could be forgiven by his boss. He was lucky to still be alive and his life was just granted to him because his boss wanted the child. He wanted her to be raised as his most resourceful weapon.
Now he had to take care of a child. For brief second he had thought about ending her life.
It was not to hard to fake the death of a newborn but something had stopped him.
If he would kill the child his days would have been counted as well. He knew Reddington had people following him but he could do nothing about it because it would have drawn attention to him. He had already been at his mercy once and another time he wouldn´t survive.
If he had killed the child either Reddington or his boss would kill him so this was not an option.
The crying started again. He stood up. Even in the dim light he could see the tears rolling down the girls cheeks. It was such annoying sound. He bound himself over the small bed and whispered
some of the words Samar had used when she was here. It didn´t work. Damn it he needed her to stop the crying. A thought crossed his mind. Babies always cried when they were hungry right? So he just had to find one of those milk bottles and she would be quiet.
After a while he found a bottle. Samar had heated it up a bit so he did the same. He hoped it would work. Okay so here is milk. Please drink it and be quiet. This is yummy milk, just for you. To his surprise it worked. She seemed to like the milk. After the bottle was empty and he wanted to lay her back down she spat what seemed like half of the content in his face. It was like someone pressed a button but suddenly he was about to explode and filled by an incredible anger.
He laid her back into the crib and distanced himself from the bed.
He felt like he needed to punch someone. His whole body was shivering. He didn´t realize that he broke the milk bottle in his hands and the broken pieces were cutting the flesh of his hands.
After five minutes he finally realized the pain in his hand and decided to clean up.
The baby started to cry again. Come on she could not be hungry again. His gaze landed on the soother laying next to crib. It was yellow and Liz bought it just a week ago.
The crying seemed to increase .God he needed to stop it made him insane.
Hey kid look at this , you will like it … come on open your mouth... come on!
He really didn´t want to hurt her but this crying was more than he could bear so he slightly pressed his thumb and index against the cheeks of the baby which forced her to open her mouth.
Finally he got the soother in.
He waited a few minutes but when she kept quiet he was almost proud of him. The kid was finally
sleeping again. Mission accomplished. It was 5 am. He sat back in the uncomfortable chair and soon drifted back into sleep.
An hour later he woke up again. Again she was crying, the soother fell out of her mouth and she didn´t take it back again. No, no, no come on why are you doing this. I fed you. Be quiet
And in this moment he knew he couldn´t do it. He didn´t want to raise this child and he wouldn´t.
He knew he could outran his boss. It was the way out he had given him. If he would give his boss all the information he had on Raymond Reddington he could go. He may not be the most honorable man on this planet but until today he always kept the information on this man to himself. It was his life insurance and the reason nobody could kill him but if he had to live trough another night like this he would go crazy. The child would not need him. Yes she would get into foster care but she would get a nice life.
Not even five minutes later he was gone and all one could hear on the children ward was the crying of little Agnes Keen.
Two minutes later another person slipped into the room and picked up the crying girl. „Okay Agnes you don´t know me but I am a friend. Well a friend of your mother but that doesn´t matter right know uh... I just wanna clean you up a bit and I am sorry but I have no Idea how that works so forgive me …. that mean man is gone by the way … don´t worry"
„Go away from that child" a voice behind them said. They heard the clicking of a gun safety.
„Turn around" They did as they were told and looked in the face of … their boss. Well on of them but he didn´t know that. „Red, could you please be a bit more quiet. Agnes had enough trouble for today and probably the rest of her life" As the so called Concierge of Crime realized who stood before them he immediately lowered his gun. „Tay what are you doing here? I thought you were in Seattle? What happened" „ Long story short my girlfriend kicked me out and after I learned you became a grandpa I decided to pay you a visit. Congrats by the way. And I got news on Tom. So I followed him around. He such an assho- Sorry Agnes- … anyways I hacked the video surveillance of the hospital because Tom was here. At first nothing happened so I fell asleep. But then he suddenly left the room and I called you. I have distorted my voice because you can never know who listens." Red nodded when she told her what happened. „So you were the caller." „Yes and I am so happy to see you again. What will you do about Tom?"
„Don´t worry I will handle the problem." was all he said.
A few moments later the little group was out of the hospital and inside the car.
„Raymond do you want to get Agnes straight to Agent Ressler or do have you something else in mind?" Red looked down at the little girl who was fast asleep in the baby car seat.
„Well it is six in the morning so I think we should let Agent Ressler sleep a bit longer. Babies `R` us isn´t open yet so let us get back to the mansion first." with that Dembe started the car.
„You are in full grandpa mode, aren´t you" asked Tay. „Oh yes" Red answered
„By the way who is this Agent Ressler" asked Tay further.
„He is Agnes` father."
Tay wanted to be dropped in a seemingly insignificant neighborhood to meet some friends.
„Be careful Tay" Red told her when she got out of the car. „I always am, Red" she said.
They were back at the street when Dembe and Red noticed an unpleasant smell. „Dembe I think we need
to stop at Isabella´s first. We need to get some diapers"