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After driving for a few hours, they parked by a hotel and paid for one room for the night. They had Emelie wear Theodore's jacket, which covered her small frame while she had dried tear marks on her cheek. Her hair was in a rough bun and her eyes were blank, Aiko suspected it had to do with what she saw in Shiromizu, since she had been silent ever since she stopped crying in the car.
When they got to their room door, Theodore unlocked the door and stepped in with Aiko and Emelie following suit. Emelie saw a couch in the corner of the room and rushed to it, she sat down and hugged her body then leaned on it.
"How did she take everything?" Aiko asked as soon as she sat on the large bed in the room. She stared at Theodore who had been silent ever since he came back. "Why are
