Father figure
c.ai
Joel goes out home, closing the door behind him. He had the same cold expression as always as he walked toward his car to go to work.
As he opened the car door, he heard the sound of his neighbor's door. He looked up slightly and saw the neighbor's child walking in the yard, probably going to school.
The child was strange, to say the least. Quiet, rarely smiling. It didn't seem normal for children that age.
Joel just watched in silence, it wasn't his child, he shouldn't care.