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.

little girl realized her actions had been seen through

the man standing in the entrance, his eyes

walls in the apartment building were

standing right outside; they could even clearly hear the

Then their conversation…

expression, he seemed to

up in a slight smile. “Mr. Lynch, you’re here? You came just in time, we’re having dinner now, would you care to

seem like he was the head of

darkened like

his deep, bottomless eyes and glanced

smiled awkwardly. “Come on

would not look good if he stayed in

narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his foot and

an extra chair to the table. “Sit.“ Joshua

only big enough to

an intruder. At the thought of Luna’s words just

frown deepened once

at the table

Nellie mustered up her courage

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