"Say Mike." James looked at him with the same expression, that same calmness on his face, in his eyes. "Don't you think that this all is just bullshit?"
At that moment, Mike didn't know what to do, how to feel about the questions… James didn't look terrified, nor the questions sounded threatening… it was just different on another level, like, what is this?
The feeling of it, his eyes, that faint smile on his face, this calmness, the whole situation, was something terrifying yet calm.
"Like, what do you mean—"
"Dad?" Charlotte's sudden sweet voice came from the door as she was peeking in with her innocence… she once again showed up like a light in the darkness, just projecting this warmth to everybody.
And she truly changed the atmosphere. Mike put on a fake smile, and even Arine did, to show her that nothing bad was going on, to signal that everything is alright… though she knew pretty much that everything was wrong, of course she did, because she was witnessing it too.
