A movement on the bed and a small cry awoke Red instantly. In the low light, he could make out Lizzy’s silhouette. Her back was turned and she was sleeping peacefully.
Red looked at the baby who was squirming about, face scrunched up, fists waving frantically about like a samurai warrior fighting off an invisible foe. Red’s eyes shifted back to the peacefully sleeping woman then again to the tiny ninja.
He nodded knowingly, his gaze trained steadily on the enemy. “So this is how it’s gonna be, is it?”
The baby mewed irritably, the tiny ninja feet kicking viciously about in the air. “Careful kid... I know people.”
The man reluctantly arose, stifling a groan. He had seen the object needed upon his entrance hours ago. He picked up the baby, heading for the bureau.
Red worked the pacifi
