When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0944

When the rainy season began, the weather turned unpredictable. Yesterday had been sunny, but it drizzled today.

Paul, who hadn’t brought an umbrella, arrived home drenched. He Immediately took a hot shower and changed into his loungewear.

While drying his hair, he noticed the bare mattress and froze. He had thrown out the bed. sheets and quilt covers that day and hadn’t gotten around to replacing them yet. So,

he

retrieved clean sheets and laid them out.

Paul remembered Miranda mentioning that Lionel had sent some braised beef and pickled to her. She even told him to drop by her home to pick them up.

Paul quickly dried his hair, changed out of his loungewear, and went to knock on the door across the hall. “Miranda? Are you home? Miranda?”

There was no response. He checked his watch and noticed it was already 9:00 pm. She should have returned from the lab by now.

For the next two hours, Paul’s mind kept wandering to the hallway even though he was at home. Every time he heard the slightest noise, he would stop whatever he was doing, get up, and check through the peephole. But it wasn’t her

At 1:00 am, Miranda still hadn’t returned home. He figured she wouldn’t be coming back that night.

As he lay down, he felt an emptiness inside for some reason. At this point, he didn’t fully

following morning, he got up early and headed to the lab

home, changed clothes, and went downstairs for his night run. From 8:00 to 10:00 pm, he ran up and down the alley several times but still didn’t see

Paul encountered a

your usual night run?”

should enter the marathon this year. I bet you’d

our block. Maybe I should get my son into it, too, to follow your example. By the way, I haven’t seen Miranda

“She hasn’t

haven’t seen her around much. She was free last

here…” one of his

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“Me?” Paul looked surprised.

even saw her carrying a big bag of stuff,” another

As he walked, he pulled out his phone and opened

an hour. Time seemed to drag on,

buzzed with a response. “Dr.

out for a run. Do you

be staying at the lab, so I won’t return