He quietly pushed the door open and tiptoed to the bedside.
Sophie Sullivan was sleeping deeply, utterly unaware that someone had intruded into her bedroom.
He sat at the bedside, quietly watching her for a while. Thomas Shannon sighed softly, rose, and left.
The next day, Thomas Shannon was already downstairs with William Westlake and Snowball done washing up, waiting in the Restaurant for a long time, yet Sophie Sullivan was nowhere to be seen.
"William, go call Fennie." William could no longer sit still, jumped down from the chair, and darted away like a slippery little mud fish in the blink of an eye.
Thomas Shannon got up and followed him out.
Click.
The bedroom door opened, and William dashed to the bedside, using both hands and feet to climb up on Sophie's bed.
Tiny hands holding Sophie's face, he called out crisply, "Fennie, wake up!"
After calling for a while without any response from Sophie, William was terrified. Just then, Thomas Shannon walked in.
