After Charlotte Harrison attended Michael Wayne's funeral, she didn't linger in Eastern City and hurried back to Southern County with James Smith.
Sophie Smith sat in the passenger seat, eyes closed, head leaning against the car window, her ears plugged with white earphones.
After handling some follow-up matters for Christopher Smith's funeral, Asher Land rushed back to the car. He opened the car door and, upon seeing Sophie's exhausted face, felt a pang in his heart.
These past days, she hadn't slept more than two hours.
Even when he held her at night, trying to coax her to sleep a little, she invariably woke up in less than ten minutes.
But she's pregnant now; how can she endure such exhaustion?
He didn't start the car, fearing the engine noise would wake her, so he left the car parked by the roadside.
