Noah returned to the apartment on the third morning.

He went into the apartment and was changing his shoes when Dolores came over and whispered, “Ms. Gwynn kept crying by herself for the past two days, Mr. Noah! I’m worried sick about her.”

He paused momentarily.

Then, he took off his coat and walked into the bedroom.

A streak of sunlight shone gently into the bedroom through the curtains and fell onto the white bed sheet.

Holly was snuggled up in Gwynn’s embrace and slept, her cheeks lo