Chapter 201 A Bawling Child

She finally got to let out the chest–wringing breath she had been holding in since Bliss‘ death. She had felt it–the puppy pushing its face close to hers, whimpering with her as she sobbed.

It was consoling her. She imagined that was what Bliss would have done too.

Deirdre cast her eyes to the ground. The storm clouds that had seemed to be permanent on her mien faded, and Brendan was the sole witness of her subtle transformation.

While he managed to observe Deirdre’s change, he was blind to his own. The trademark severity in his visage had softened into meek, wistful joy.

They walked for a while until, suddenly, Deirdre stopped. Brendan almost lost her, but he paused and turned around. “What’s wrong?”

She scanned her surroundings with a frown. “A child’s crying.”

“A child?” Brendan was a little surprised. They were at the fork of a busy street flooded with couples and office workers going about their day. There was not a single child in sight.

it be some kind

lip. “It’s definitely the sound of a kid

the disadvantage of her sight through

to them and inhaled sharply. A baby–about a year old at most–was locked inside. She was bathed in sweat as she bawled, her skin

A baby’s locked in a car!” He described the situation

close to the window and heard the baby’s cries amplify. She could tell the child was running out of strength, and

elbow. He motioned to Deirdre, telling her to step aside, and hurled a jab at the

Her heart skipped a beat. “C- Can’t we find

“There’s no time.”

the baby and how… young

kid would have been about the same age as she was

His fecklessness had caused a young life to die before. He would not forgive himself if he let

an emerging crack, and rammed his elbow against the window a few more times. Finally, it caved under the pressure, and the baby’s muffled cries blared at them like a shrill call for

must have been running low,” he remarked. “The child was starting to have trouble breathing, which is why

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