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At Smith Mansion. . .
A car drove inside the house gate and halted at the entrance. Alex got down from it and went inside after passing the key to the guard, standing there. He spent some more time with Vera and accompanied her for the dinner at the orphanage. So, when he reached home it was already past dinner time. He expected that everyone might have gone into their rooms, but to his surprise he found his grandfather in the living room.
"Grandpa. . Aren't you sleeping yet?" he asked.
"Oh!! It's you. Come here." Elder Smith patted the vacant seat beside him and signaled his grandson to sit beside him.
"You should rest early, grandpa." he said and strode towards the couch to take the offered seat.
"We were not feeling sleepy at all and decided to have some family
