After solving Zoe's problem temporarily,

Laurel had finished her examination, but her report had not come out until the next day.

Samuel had to wait.

Laurel, however, did not upset at all, as if she did not think there was anything wrong with her body, which made Samuel somewhat doubtful.

When Mike called him, Samuel was having dinner with the children. When he heard Mike asking for him, he greeted Laurel and the children and then went out.

Mike met Samuel at a recreation club.

"Have you come?"

Mike sat in the booth and didn't make

much of a fuss about Samuel's arrival, leaving Samuel to pick up whatever he...