Book Two Branch One Hundred and Ninety Three

"See lover birds"

Thiago and Jeanne turned to face Aletta and Joshua standing a distance from them. Jeanne felt her cheeks hot and turned red. She had tried to be discreet but her brother and girlfriend caught her.

Aletta and Joshua walked down hand in hand. Joshua had been the one who took up hand in his. Jeanne could not help but notice that Joshua had it for Aletta.

"You aren't one to speak" Jeanne countered as they reached them.

"Seeing you answer so fast and statistically I think I worried for nothing" Joshua said.

"You were worried?" Jeanne asked blinking her eyes as if she was grateful for his worry. "Why would you be worried about me?" she said frowning after a while.

"See Aletta? I told you she was fine" Joshua said.

"What?" Aletta was confused.

"You had insisted that we come to see her" Joshua replied.

"But I did no such thing, you were so worried you said we would go here to see her before we got breakfast," Aletta said.

"Ohhhh brother" Jeanne said tapping her brother's arm