It was 5:00 in the morning, as William had just woken up, staring at the ceiling.
He hasn't been sleeping well since Julia's been in prison, working trying to prove her innocence, while taking care of Susannah.
He looks over at the baby monitor, "good, still asleep," he whispers to himself as he gets up, showers, shaves, and gets dressed.
It was 6:30, when Susannah wakes up, as he walks into the nursery, "good morning, daddy's girl" and gives her a kiss on the cheek, as she shrugs away, and looks over at the door, "mama is still not here, sweetheart. But daddy is doing all he can to get her home"
It's like she understood as she reaches for him and lifts her up, changes her diaper which was an explosive one.
"Oh no, ok, not to worry, we'll just have to get you in the bath." He says as he rolls up his sleeves
After she was freshly bathed which was a hassle, he puts on a new dress on her, and puts on a new vest and shirt, since they got soaked.
It was 7:30, when he placed her into the high chair, got a bottle, as she drank her milk. He was so happy she could feed from the bottle herself, as he made tea, toast and eggs for himself, and pablum for her.
At first she wouldn't eat, and kept pointing at the wedding picture, "I know sweetheart. You like it when mama feeds you."
She keeps staring at the picture, and was distracted as he feeds her.
After breakfast he looks at the time it was 8:15 and Bethany would be arriving at anytime, as he cleans up the breakfast dishes and places them in the sink. Grabs a wet cloth and wipes the excess food off Susannah's face and hands.
He puts on his jacket, lifts her up and takes her over to his chair, and begins reading her a story.
10 minutes into the story, she pushes the book away, "ok, no more. It's ok, sweetheart. I know you miss mama…I do too" and kisses her cheek, as she grunts, when Bethany arrives.
He warns her of Susannah being a handful all morning, as he hands her over, checks his watch as he looks at Bethany singing her a lullaby.
"Don't worry, Susannah, you will see mama soon. I promise, daddy will get her out" he thinks to himself and heads to Port Credit
