As the conversation gradually died down, everyone took out their phones to check on their snails; it could have gone out to explore or was eating or reading a book at home.

There wasn’t anything special about the game, but everyone just liked to play it.

The party went on till about 10.00PM. Sophia walked them out as she had had too much peanuts earlier, and she wanted to take a small walk to help digest the food before going back home.

After a spring rain, the air in Bayside City felt refreshing as she walked around the neighborhood. She enjoyed the cold breeze so much that she was reluctant to part with it, and she accidentally walked toward Villa No. 2.

It brought back a vivid memory of her first meeting with Linus. But now, they were worlds apart. Isn’t it saddening

Sophia couldn’t help but walk toward Villa No. 2; it was as though something was calling out to her.

Ever since Linus left, Villa No. 2 had been empty. Although Linus still owned the property, he left the keys to Sophia and cut off all ties, so the house was considered Sophia’s for the time being.

She walked back home to take the keys then headed back to Villa No. 2 and swiped the door open in the dark.

The key was actually a card that could be swiped to open the door of the villa.

When Sophia walked into the courtyard, the automatic light switch sensed that someone had walked in, and so the living room lights were automatically turned on and brightly lit up the whole villa.

 

As she walked into the quiet living room, she realized that Linus had left in such a hurry that he didn’t manage to move out all his stuff; there were cat nests neatly placed together and even some cat hair left on the cat post.

Dazed, Sophia sat on the sofa and stared at the vacant living room, allowing her mind to go blank.

Suddenly, a voice came from a corner. “Mommy—”

Startled, Sophia looked toward the source of the sound. There were a pair of round black eyes staring back at her from the dark.

Nicholas walked out from the dark and stared at Sophia with his bright, sparkling eyes.

“Nicholas!”

surprise and glee as she bent down

and no one had come here.

its two antennae poking out two

Didn’t you leave with

told me to guard the house and keep

it had

when she tapped his tiger-head hoodie. “Come on. Let’s go

its mechanical hand and

happily brought Nicholas back

8, Michael and Nathan were watching TV after the nanny had cleaned up

me Daddy,” Michael

my

Uncle.” Michael

“You wish,” Nathan scoffed.

call me Daddy, someday,

Nathan shrugged him off.

his cold shrug, a chirpy voice suddenly rang out from

they heard the voice and turned around

in dust, but it still greeted Nathan and Michael with enthusiasm when it saw them as

Michael had turned it off, and when it was turned on again, Linus had given it a new command—to stay patiently at Villa No. 2 and

it was

picked it

Nicholas

in front of Michael and looked up at him. “Daddy,

face. Ever since he found out that Linus was

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