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.

actions had been seen through and bowed her head in

the entrance, his eyes displaying a

walls in the apartment building

even clearly hear the ringtone

Then their conversation…

expression, he seemed to

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

like he was the head of the family instead of

like an impending

raised his deep, bottomless eyes and glanced

smiled awkwardly.

would not look good if he stayed in the hallway for

Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his foot

extra chair to the table.

big enough to

like an intruder. At the thought

deepened once

atmosphere at the table was tense and

mustered up her courage and started the

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255