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.

had been seen through and

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

walls in the apartment building were

was standing right outside; they could even clearly hear the

Then their conversation…

he seemed to have

slight smile. “Mr. Lynch, you’re here? You came just in time, we’re having

was the

like an

raised his deep, bottomless eyes and glanced at

awkwardly. “Come on

good if he stayed in the hallway for

his eyes slightly, raised his foot and stepped

chair to the table. “Sit.“

was only big enough to sit

looked like an intruder. At the

frown deepened

table

mustered up her courage

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