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 and bowed her head in

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

apartment building

even clearly hear the ringtone from his

Then their conversation…

his darkened expression, he seemed to have

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

made it seem like he was

like an impending

deep, bottomless eyes and glanced

smiled awkwardly. “Come

good if he stayed in the

her words, Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his

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

only big enough

now, he looked like an intruder. At the thought

deepened

atmosphere at the table

up her courage

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