To confirm my suspicions, Uncle Rufus suddenly arrived barely an hour after Sigil's departure.

He made his way into my father's room. I awaited his next step, and just as I expected, the next place he visited was my room.

He stopped by the door and kept knocking endlessly.

I ignored him for as long as he kept knocking. Soon, he paused and walked out through the coriander.

I perceived he went back to have a word with my father.

I heard them conversing in an audible tone as my father accompanied him out of the house.

"She's probably not around. She must have gone to visit a friend as...