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.

her actions had been seen through and bowed her head in

the man standing in the entrance, his eyes displaying a

apartment

right outside; they could even clearly

Then their conversation…

his darkened expression, he seemed to have

“Mr. Lynch, you’re here? You came just

it seem like he was the head of the family instead

darkened like an impending

deep, bottomless eyes and

smiled awkwardly.

he stayed in

eyes slightly, raised

an extra chair to the table. “Sit.“ Joshua frowned and sat

big enough to sit

like an intruder. At the thought

frown deepened

table was tense and

mustered up her

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