Zanara had been waiting for over an hour. Jayme promised to be home by seven, but he had no word until eight. Although there was a bit of anxiety in her heart, she tried to brush it away. There was no way Jayme would break his promise. He had never been like that.
Even though Zanara may have never really gotten to know the man—because she never gave her heart a chance to get to know Jayme, she knew that Jayme was a man who always kept his word.
Zanara repeatedly peered at her watch, the long hands getting further away from lift twelve. Where was Jayme exactly? The man didn't even respond to a call from her.
"Mama... is Papa still long? I'm hungry," Marion complained, hugging Zanara's leg, who immediately crouched down to be at her daughter's level.
"Please be patient, sweetheart. I'm t
