The living room was now empty, save for Stanley, who appeared to be somewhat depressed and lonely.

Leaning back against the couch, Stanley sat in silence, as if contemplating something. It was only after fifteen minutes that he stood, as if he had made a decision, and returned to his room.

Meanwhile, Nicole and Jared were watching Nolan, who was playing his game.

Jared was also holding Lana, who was leaning against his shoulder, her eyes heavy with sleep.

“Daddy, I want to go to bed.” Lana rested on Jared’s shoulder with her eyes closed, unable to stay awake anymore.

After shooting Nicole a glance, Jared said, “I’ll take Lana back to sleep.”

“Okay.” Nicole agreed, her attention returning to the computer screen.

Nolan’s gameplay seemed ordinary, much like a typical levelbased game.

However, Nicole could tell that something was off about it.

loudly, snapping Nicole out of

that Nolan had completed the level, she reminded him, “It’s getting late, and your sister has

computer down, and went off to the bathroom to take

pajamas, Nicole, who was sitting on the bedside, then tucked him under

where did you find

me as a pop-up window while I was surfing the internet one day. I thought it carried no risks, so I downloaded it. I found it to be quite

really concerned with the game? Mommy

Go to sleep early.”

Nolan went to sleep, brushing his earlier concerns

asleep, Nicole got up to leave the room. Just before leaving, her gaze fell on

saw that Jared had already returned. She sat down, unable

are you suspecting?” Jared softly asked upon noticing how

can’t explain it clearly. I just feel that something

concerns seriously as well. “Tell me specifically. What kind of feeling is it? How

sharing it might prove useful; it might provide new insights into the

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