Book Two: Branch One Hundred and Fifty Two.

"Your parents seem to be so much in love," Aletta said as they walked to the car. Her hands felt so warm and she loved it as his big hands covered up her tiny hands.

"They are, I learnt from them what love should look like, I cannot remember a day where I did not see them all lovey-dovey with each other," Joshua said.

"That kind of love is the kind of one should have," Aletta said dreamily.

She had once dreamt of a life like that but now that her dreams had changed she did not mind watching other love like that from a distance.

"What do I tell my mom?" Joshua asked changing the topic.

"About what?" Aletta asked confused.

"She wants me to get married but the woman who I like doesn't want to marry me" Joshua said casually as he opened the car door.

Aletta quietly entered the car and turned to him waiting for him to close the door. "Can we go?" she asked and he nodded.

He closed the door and walked around the car to the driver's seat. It was obvious to him that she was uncomfortable ta