Being in a hurry, Liliana didn't stay longer at CafeOrama. She wished to get a glimpse of Lucas but, he had yet to return from the lake.
Then, Liliana rode her bike to get back to her apartment a little over seven. She still had more things to do before deciding on the day to meet everyone.
Once Liliana arrived at Spring Garden Apartment, she tried to destress by taking a long soak in the bathtub. She wanted to check the photo albums and the pouch she found in Cassia's brown box next.
Liliana was certain that she would see more of her mother's childhood photos with her parents.
"Hurm... I need to get a service to move Mom's items here," whispered Liliana with her eyes closed. She was enjoying the hot bath with her favorite bath bomb.
The blue storage boxes were left at Seanic Residence. Even though Albert had promised her that the place was secure, Liliana still wanted to bring them to her apartment. It was for her own convenience.
I've never mentioned this but, even though I use modern China as the setting for this book, please disassociate it from real-time. Like, how when Luciana and Gerry eloped, it should happen during the end of the Cultural Revolution. I'll just loosely base it on that time.