smiles that should never go away

Smiles that should never go away.

chapter 31

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍It was a long drive from Longhill back to holandis where Ben's house was, the girls slept up, mid-way in the journey. After they left Greta's place, they all entered the car and remained very quiet like they were afraid that Ben would change his mind and just send them back.

Ben tried raising a conversation to help them relax, but it looks like he wasn't so good at easing people's tension by talking or chatting because the girls remained quietly composed, giving the necessary answers to his questions and then going back mute.

Frustrated, Ben just let them be and quietly concentrated on his driving. They entered holandis the next day in the mid-morning Ben drove for about two hours before he drove into an estate and pulled up at the front of his house_ a classic storey building. He came down and opened the gate before driving in.

The house was fenced, the front yard was lined with well-trimmed carpet grass and at one side an unkem