Mark grasped his phone, which remained on silent, its screen flashing incessantly.

Instead of immediately answering, he glanced towards the study’s door, through which Cecilia had disappeared.

A lump formed in Mark’s throat.

He then pressed the answer button and Laura’s voice came through.

The young girl sounded a bit uneasy.

Mark lit a cigarette and held it delicately between his fingers. He asked softly, “It’s late. Why aren’t you asleep?”

Laura replied quietly, “I’m scared.”

a surge of sympathy for the

given birth to Laura and entrusted her

unfamiliar

offering some comforting words to Laura, Mark requested that she pass the phone to Paul’s parents where he talked with them for a

Laura

assured Mark that they would take good

heavily on her. She had been deprived of a family’s warmth since childhood and now

the phone, feeling a surge of mixed

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enough, Cecilia

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