The next day, over a hundred reporters and journalists surrounded the boundary gate of the mansion, making it impossible for us to leave the house.
We couldn't even send Inayat to school, so she remained glued to me for the whole day. It was a relief that I had completed the daily challenge before Inayat woke up, or it would have been impossible in her presence.
I spent the remaining day playing various games with her. She would become my teacher and beat me up with a plastic stick, a housewife who cooks food for her husband who just returned from office work, or a princess who needs to be saved from monsters.
Playing with her was even more tiring than slaying a thousand monsters; however, that doesn't mean I didn't like it. I was actually enjoying playing these games with her, as her cute smile calmed my heart and mind like therapy.
At night, when she finally fell asleep on my stomach, I gently put her on the bed, opened the window of my room, and stepped out.
