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 through and bowed her head

the entrance, his eyes displaying

in the apartment

right outside; they could even

Then their conversation…

he seemed to

curled up in a slight smile. “Mr. Lynch, you’re here? You came

like he was the head

expression darkened like an impending

his deep, bottomless eyes

awkwardly.

he stayed in the hallway

Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly,

to the table. “Sit.“ Joshua frowned and

only big enough to sit four

he looked like an intruder. At the

frown deepened

the table was tense

Nellie mustered up her

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