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.

been seen through and bowed

the man standing in the entrance, his eyes displaying a

in the apartment building

could even clearly hear

Then their conversation…

he seemed to have

Lynch, you’re here? You came just in time, we’re having dinner now, would you care

made it seem like he was the head

darkened like

bottomless eyes and glanced at Luna

awkwardly.

good if he stayed in the hallway for too

Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly, raised

the table. “Sit.“ Joshua frowned and sat

only big enough to sit

looked like an intruder. At the thought of Luna’s

frown deepened once

table was tense

mustered up her courage and started the

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