He doesn't want to give Laura and Fred a little time to catch up. When he looked at Laura, he once again looked at her with the same bored eyes, but perhaps only he knew how much of those so-called eyes were out of disgust and how much was out of vigorous possessiveness.

He took Laura's hand without saying a word. Laura was startled and looked at Sid with a panicked look.

Sid caught Laura's panicked glances, no surprise. His mind inside the muddled piece, originally felt these two days have nothing, and suddenly some headache.

Laura looked at him with panic-stricken eyes, but at Fred with worried and anxious...