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

the entrance,

apartment building

outside; they could even clearly hear the ringtone from his

Then their conversation…

his darkened expression, he

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

made it seem like he was the head of the family instead

darkened like

deep, bottomless eyes and glanced at

awkwardly. “Come

look good if he stayed in the

narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his foot

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

was only big enough to

like an intruder. At the thought

frown deepened once

the table

Nellie mustered up her courage

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