The woman’s airy voice carried her words straight into Joshua’s ears.

His eyebrows screwed together tightly.

In the house, Nellie quietly sneaked a glance at the clock.

20 minutes had passed since she sent the photos to her father.

No matter how far away he was, he shou1d’ve been here by now!

So the little girl pursed her lips, lifted her phone discreetly and sent another message to Joshua.

“Daddy, where are you?“

The notification ping from his phone rang loudly in the hallway outside.

The few people eating inside stiffened immediately. The sound… came from right outside their door!

Neil was the first to react, jumping down from his chair and walking to the door, opening it.

“Mr. Lynch?“

The little guy looked at the man at the door with confused eyes, then suddenly turned and looked at Nellie, as if remembering something.

girl realized her actions had been seen

turned and looked at the man standing in the entrance, his eyes displaying a hint of shock but

walls in the apartment building were

was standing right outside; they could even clearly hear the ringtone from his

Then their conversation…

expression, he seemed to have

Lynch, you’re here? You

made it seem like he was the head of the

like an

raised his deep, bottomless eyes and

awkwardly.

he stayed

eyes slightly,

hefted an extra chair to the

big enough to

an intruder. At the

deepened once

table was tense and

her courage and

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