The woman’s airy voice carried her words straight into Joshua’s ears.

His eyebrows screwed together tightly.

In the house, Nellie quietly sneaked a glance at the clock.

20 minutes had passed since she sent the photos to her father.

No matter how far away he was, he shou1d’ve been here by now!

So the little girl pursed her lips, lifted her phone discreetly and sent another message to Joshua.

“Daddy, where are you?“

The notification ping from his phone rang loudly in the hallway outside.

The few people eating inside stiffened immediately. The sound… came from right outside their door!

Neil was the first to react, jumping down from his chair and walking to the door, opening it.

“Mr. Lynch?“

The little guy looked at the man at the door with confused eyes, then suddenly turned and looked at Nellie, as if remembering something.

girl realized her actions had been seen through and bowed her head

turned and looked at the man standing in the entrance, his eyes displaying a hint of shock but

walls in the apartment

was standing right outside; they could even clearly hear

Then their conversation…

from his darkened expression, he seemed

lips curled up in a slight smile. “Mr. Lynch, you’re here? You came just in time, we’re having dinner now,

he was

darkened like an

eyes

smiled awkwardly.

good if he stayed in the hallway for too

eyes slightly, raised his

swiftly hefted an extra chair to the table. “Sit.“ Joshua frowned and

was only big enough to sit

here now, he looked like an intruder. At the thought of Luna’s

frown deepened once

at the table was tense

up her courage and started the

scheme for that set of jewelry, then we

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