In his mansion, Daniel looked at the phone in his hands. He realized he was more agitated than he was angry. He could no longer understand his own temper.

At that moment, his phone rang again. He picked it. It was his father.

“Your grandfather has passed on,” His father said, “You should come home.”

Daniel stilled on the stairs and took a deep breath.

In the days that passed, Anya had not heard anything from Daniel and even though this was normal, she was ...