Mackie buried her head on Mommy's neck and quickly fell asleep in her warm embrace.
Chloe caressed Mackie's hair gently until she made sure she had fallen asleep completely.
After being assured, Chloe slowly shifted away from Mackie to separate themselves. She tucked Mackie with a blanket before leaving her daughter's bedroom quietly.
She tiptoed around the corridor, afraid that Vernon was waiting for her in her apartment. But thankfully, he wasn't here.
'But what about the banging sound I heard earlier?' Chloe wondered. She indeed heard the sound of banging when she was inside the bedroom with Mackie.
It was so loud and continuous that it was hard to ignore.
She looked around, checking if anything was damaged or destroyed in her apartment. But everything was intact.
So, the most plausible explanation was Vernon stopping at the stair before returning to his penthouse.
