"Mommy, I want to sleep," Rachel was rubbing her eyes with her hands.
"You little rascal, you stayed up so late last night, of course you're sleepy now... Okay, Mommy will carry you upstairs to sleep now."
"Okay." Rachel reached out her hands and clung to Alice like a koala.
Alice carried Rachel upstairs.
As soon as she went upstairs, Alice noticed something was off in the room, but she didn't have time to deal with it then and focused on putting Rachel into the cradle first.
In her beloved cradle, Rachel fell asleep immediately.
Once Rachel was asleep, Alice finally glanced around.
The drawn curtains, a brandy glass on the low cabinet, a man's robe on the sofa, and a lingering smell of someone...
This...
Suddenly, a black phone on the bedside table caught her attention.
She walked over and saw that the phone belonged to him.
Her brows furrowed slightly, just as Aunt PA walked into the room.
"Miss."
"Hmm?" She snapped back to reality.
"Rachel's asleep?"
"Yes."
