Wouldn't everything be fine then?
Why had she peeked?
The woman questioned herself.
But it was too late to change anything.
It had already happened...
What should she do?
The woman suddenly snapped out of it when she heard a noise from the study again.
She immediately ducked back behind the big tree.
After a while, she pricked up her ears and listened carefully.
When she heard nothing, she cautiously poked her head out a little.
The woman realized that her younger brother had put the empty lunchbox back by the door.
The woman slowly let out a breath.
She had to leave.
She told herself.
The woman wanted to take the lunchbox.
She took a step, then hesitated.
Would it be too soon if she went to get the lunchbox now?
Had she ever gone to get it this early before?
Would her younger brother notice something was wrong?
The woman suddenly snapped back to her senses.
She felt she didn't need to hesitate anymore.
Quite a bit of time must have passed while she'd been distracted just now, hadn't it?
The woman walked to the study door.
With something weighing on her mind, she found the walk unusually agonizing for the first time.
The woman bent down and picked up the lunchbox.
She stared at the door for a while.
As if she wanted to see what was happening inside.
If she opened the door and went in now...
What would she see?
For a moment, the woman was tempted.
But she quickly shook her head.
Was she planning to fall out with her younger brother?
How would she explain herself to him then?
But what she'd just seen...
Perhaps...
Her younger brother ought to explain himself to