What was written on the menu was not the list of dishes, but a line of words.

“Sabrina, don’t be afraid. Stay with Aino in Holden Payne’s East Hall. If anything happens, there will be people to protect you. Try to stay happy, and keep Aino happy too.”

Sabrina was speechless. “…”

She raised her head and looked at the waiter, but he had already left.

Sabrina then looked at Aino.

Aino was confused. “What’s wrong, Mommy?”

“Listen to me. We’ll have fun and eat as much as we want, just be happy, okay, baby?” Sabrina and Aino exchanged glances.

Aino was a bright kid.

She immediately understood her mother’s hidden meaning.

The kid whose eyes had been shining with tears since the moment they entered the hotel suddenly smiled.

The little girl had wandered around from city to city with her mother for five or six years. She was well-trained in studying human behavior, and with a glance from her mother, Aino could tell that her father was fine.

He was safe.

“Mommy, I understand!” Aino nodded.

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