“Why are you back?” She pushed him with some rebuke and asked, “You didn’t leave Mandy at the hotel, did you?”

She was sleepy just now, but she was awake now, so she had questions to ask.

“It doesn’t matter. Simon is watching,” he explained.

She frowned. “What if the man behind the scenes comes to save Mandy?”

“If so, it would be better,” he replied as his eyes were deep. “But I don’t think anyone will save her.”

She looked at him blankly. Suddenly, she seemed to ...