Stella said, "Hmm, bye.""Bye."After watching Stella's car drive away, Abigail turned and entered the towering building behind her, taking the elevator up to the twenty-eighth-floor lounge.The lounge, filled with coffee and snacks, was quiet, with no one eating.Standing at the large windows, Lucas seemed to be watching Stella's departure.Pax was sleeping soundly in the stroller, while Nathan sat beside him, vigilant and unmoving.Abigail's job, drawing comics, required silence, so Nathan often looked after Pax. However, it was Susie, tears streaming at the doorway, who drew the eye.Alwyn wrapped his arms around her. "Susie, you can visit her whenever you miss her. Please, don't cry."But Susie's tears flowed faster with every word Alwyn said. "You guys just don't get it. I'm sad for Stella. What did Lucas do that she won't stay with him and is so determined to return to her hometown?"Alwyn glanced at Lucas, who was peering through binoculars out of the large windows. "I'
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