Book Two: Branch Two Hundred and Eighty Two

"Anette, did you see this?" Leslie asked sliding the phone over the table to her daughter. Since the incident with Brian, she has been very quiet that no one could imagine what she was thinking.

Anette still went on with her wedding preparations which were going to be held in about three weeks. Anette took up the phone and read through it.

"Seen that already," she said throwing a grape to her mouth.

"And?" Leslie asked gently. For every reason within her, she wished that Anette would feel something from the news of Aletta and Joshua and realize she was meant for him and not Richard.

"I am so happy for them, I mean this must be huge for them," Anette said with a shrug.

"You are okay with this?" Leslie was surprised this news did not stir up some kind of emotion within her. Was her daughter finally crazy? Did she not have any sense of reasoning because of the baby she was carrying?

"Yes Mom, I am getting married to Richard so I don't need to know what is going on with Aletta an