Perhaps, it was a coincidence.
On the third day after Henry Lee returned to Harbor City.
Lyra's mom came back.
That morning,
Lyra was woken up from her sleep by the vibration of her phone, which Morris, put on silent.
He trod on the sound-absorbing carpet under his feet, went to the balcony, and answered Lyra's call.
Gregory's voice came from the other end of the phone—
"Sis! Mom's back!"
"I'll come and pick you up, get ready quickly!"
Gregory finished these two sentences at a very fast pace.
Morris responded unhurriedly, "I got it."
Upon recognizing Morris's voice, Gregory on the other end of the phone asked, "Where's my sister?"
"She is sleeping." Morris responded.
"You better hurry up and tell her."
"Hm."
"By the way, you might want to lay low."
"Do mom and dad know?"
"...Well, they don't know yet. Hey, you're pretty good at calling them 'mom' and 'dad'."
"If mom and dad don't know yet, why shouldn't I go?"
After saying so, he hung up the phone.
