The man lowered his head, gazed at her small face, then kissed her brow before turning to leave.
Daisy Ginger stood at the doorway, watching his retreating figure, and exhaled softly.
Robert Stephens's arrival was like a massive dark cloud, once again dragging the deliberately forgotten past to the forefront of her thoughts.
Those matters weren't just reassured away by Edward Stephens saying things were fine.
*
At this moment, Robert Stephens had already been settled in the best dormitory building.
George Stephens was running around the room hugging a small rubber ball, sometimes leaning on the window to look outside, sometimes dribbling the ball.
Robert Stephens lay on the soft leather sofa, reading a German book. Unable to bear the noise, he put down the book and raised his head impatiently, warning, "If you keep this up, I'll lock you in the room."
"Dad!"
