Blood and Love

that I could get her keys while I sat at the bottom of the stairs in the foyer. In response, "You heard right, brother," I said. I

t." Leon began to let out a small sigh as he said, "She is acting more like

like she did when s

n, as you said, brother, she might simply need some time. Her whole world has been tu

nd heard her soft voice say, "Hi," coming from behind us. We jumped to our feet at the same time and turned to face her in unison. She was dr

by hesitantly putting her arms around him and hugging him. After saying this to him, she

o that she could accept them. When she put her hand in mine to take the keys, I immediately covered hers with the other hand I was using. She showed signs of worry for a moment, but she soon became calm after looking into my e

in as I avoided eye contact. I concluded what I was saying to her and then gave her a tender kiss on the hand before saying, "Now I need you to go on your merry way and find what you've always been looking for-a purpose. A real purpose." She looked at me with wide eyes, and for

and then spoke. She stated it in a voice that was eerily calm, and then she vanished out the door after saying it. "Tell Katty that I am truly sorry. I

iving room of our home, each of us preoccupied with our own thoughts. We had been there for some time, just quietly sitting there, when fina

loves you in return, you are uniquely vulnerable. They

trying to convey was very plain; he was trying to reassure me in his typically brotherly fashion that