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.”

of sympathy for

to Laura and entrusted

herself in an unfamiliar environment, a harsh

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

Laura was having trouble

that they would take good care of

on her. She had been deprived of a family’s warmth since childhood and now couldn’t

hung up the phone, feeling a surge of

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his cigarette and

Cecilia was

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