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?”

quietly,

of sympathy for

birth to Laura and entrusted her care

unfamiliar environment, a harsh situation

the phone to Paul’s parents where he talked with

Paul’s parents learn that Laura was having trouble

would

night, a

warmth since childhood and now

the phone, feeling a surge

knew that

his cigarette and

Cecilia

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