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?”

replied quietly,

surge of sympathy

Laura and entrusted her care to a

she found herself in an unfamiliar

Laura, Mark requested that she pass the phone to Paul’s parents

that Laura was having

assured Mark that they would take good care of

good night, a sense of sorrow weighed

deprived of a family’s warmth since childhood and now couldn’t

feeling a surge

that Cecilia

and

enough, Cecilia was still

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