Neither Charlotte Shaw, who was making do in the living room, nor Benjamin Shaw, who had returned to his room, felt sleepy.
One was lying on the living room sofa staring blankly at the ceiling, while the other lay on the bed in the bedroom doing the same. The two siblings were in a daze for the whole night.
Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz!
Hearing the buzzing of his phone, Benjamin Shaw withdrew his gaze from the ceiling and slowly turned his head in the direction of the sound.
He reached for the phone beside his pillow and held it up to his eyes. When he saw the flashing number on the phone, he instantly sat up.
Thinking that he might have been seeing things, he rubbed his eyes, but the number was still the same—the one etched in his memory.
"Hello! Alice! Is something up?" Benjamin Shaw answered the call, his voice carrying a slight tremor from the excitement he felt inside.
