The sun has set, indicating that the clock has passed from nine o'clock in the evening. For the first time since Richard had lived in Kensington with his wife, Richard had come home from work later than usual.
Little Lori, who even waited for her parents to have dinner together, was forced to eat alone, accompanied by their butler. Her mother was home before dinner, but she was acting very strange. When Anxia looked at her, her mother smiled, which didn't reach her eyes, and hugged her so tightly that it was hard to breathe.
Lori even had to open her mouth wide to let oxygen in when her mother never let go of her hug.
If at normal times, Lori would joke by pretending to struggle, and then she would laugh with her mother. But this afternoon, her mother looked disinterested, as if something terrible had happened.
