Chapter 748

After dinner, Sylvia grabbed a chair and sat by the wall where she continued to listen to any form of movements on the other side. Even after several hours had passed, she heard nothing remotely resembling Isabel and Liam chattering on the other side. It was Sunday. Were they not at home? After she pondered for a while, she reluctantly grabbed her phone and selected Odell’s contact. She hovered her finger back and forth over the keyboard for some time and after some more consideration, she sent a message: “Hey, good afternoon.” Followed by a cute smiling emoji as usual. Ten minutes passed, then half an hour… Then three hours had passed, and he did not answer. He was probably not going to reply at all by this point. Sylvia put the phone back in her pocket. The sky was slowly darkening by this point. Just as she was about to head back into the house, she suddenly heard what sounded like a car parking in front of the gate. She perked up with alertness and imm