Chapter ２８６

She huffed, and rolled her eyes, then slumped down onto the chair opposite me.

"I still don't know how you do that. I could have sworn you weren't listening to me."

"Assume I'm always listening dear sister," I replied with a cheeky smirk.

She rolled her eyes at me again, but I could see the corner of her mouth curl a little. Just when I thought it was going to spread into a smile, the corner dropped again and her expression became one of sadness.

"I'm worried about them, Sam. I know that they do their own thing, and leave for long periods of time, but they have never been gone this long. At least not without any contact at all."

I gulped down the rest of my drink, sat forward, and placed my arms on the desk, holding my hands out for her. She sat forward and took my hands into hers. I stroked the backs of her hands with my thumbs and said softly,