Part 18 # Empty Threat

The sky was getting darker, yet Seno was nowhere to be seen to pick Lara up. How could he even come? Even her calls were rejected by his voicemail, inviting her to leave a message.

She didn't know who else to contact.

"Ugh..."

Lara sighed deeply. She was truly confused.

The orange hues added to the anxiety in her chest. She didn't know what to do. She gazed blankly at the fountain in the garden. For a moment, she suddenly remembered her mother.

Back when she was a child, Lara was also in a dilemma like this. After school, her mother never came to pick her up.

She kept calling her, but she couldn't be reached. Fortunately, Lara still had her father—before he ran away with another woman.

She then called her father, and that brave man promptly picked her up. Who else could be relied upon in tough times like that, if not your parents? She felt very fortunate at that time.

Her school—when she was still in elementary school in Canada—was located in the city center, quite far from home. She a