"Why are Dad and Helen here?" She muttered, more to herself than to him.They turned again, staring at them now leaving the building.Vanessa gasped and turned back to hide, her heart pounding.She pressed her back against the wall, willing herself to stay calm.Her breathing came fast, shallow, as though she had run a great distance.She had never seen her father this way before, so interested and glued to a woman.His arms had been wrapped around the woman like something precious.That alone unsettled Vanessa more than she wanted to admit.Her father had always been a man of few affections, even fewer displays of them.To see him carrying someone so gently, in front of staff, was strange.It felt almost like watching a stranger wearing her father's face.Even his voice earlier had sounded softer than she remembered ever hearing."Dad always keeps his distance from women." She said again, confused. "Why is he carrying a woman in public?"She stared at the exit door again, her heart s
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