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.

be some kind

her lip. “It’s definitely the sound of

sight through evolved hearing acuity. “It sounds muffled, but it’s

until, finally, he stared at the car next 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 an unnatural shade of

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

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

wrapped it around his elbow. He motioned to Deirdre, telling her to step aside, and hurled

resulting sound. Her heart skipped a beat. “C- Can’t we find a brick or something?

“There’s no time.”

Brendan saw was the baby

the same

He would not forgive himself

gritted his teeth, aimed at the center of an emerging crack, and rammed his elbow against the window a few more times. Finally, it caved under the pressure, and the

have been running low,” he

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