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,

felt a surge of

Laura and entrusted her care

in an unfamiliar environment, a harsh

the phone

that Laura was having trouble falling asleep

they would take good

a sense of sorrow

childhood and now couldn’t often see Mark, who gave her

feeling a surge of

knew that

and

enough, Cecilia

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