Chapter 186 —Some happy, some sad...

Narrator:

The family returned to the hotel after five in the afternoon. The return trip had been quiet, mostly silent. The twins fell asleep in the van, exhausted from the day. Aylin, with one of them resting on her lap, didn't say a word the whole way. Sasha sat by the window, staring into space, her body still, as if she were still processing what she had just experienced.

Roman, from the front seat, asked no questions. He knew that, at that moment, everyon