Alan continued listening to the voice recording for another thirty minutes before he stopped and stood up.

"Let's go home now," he said and waited for Vienna to stand up, but he didn't hear any movement from her.

He sat down again and moved his hand steadily to find her and found that she was already sleeping with her head on the arm of the chair.

A smile curved from the corner of his mouth as he realized it, and he moved closer, sitting next to her.

His hand fell on her face and slowly came ...