Chapter 1336

After dinner, Odell spent some time with his grandmother before going upstairs to put the three mischievous children to bed. Around ten o’clock, he finally returned to his and Sylvia’s bedroom. He got home before the clock even struck six today and somehow the time passed by without him noticing. He felt like he had barely done anything at all. He opened the door and stepped into the damning silence of the room, shored in darkness. There were no sounds at all except for the faint whisper of the wind blowing in through the windows left open. He reached for the switch and turned on the light. The bedroom was completely untouched since he had left for work earlier this morning. It was also uncomfortably cold. The bedroom seemed like a foreign space to him. It was nothing like when Sylvia was here with him. Back then, no matter what time he came home, he would step into a cozy room filled with warmth. He would take a deep breath and catch the scent of Sylvia inside