[ She almost doesn't want to answer. It's frightening to see him like this and she's reeling as to why any of it is happening. He'd been taken aback and maybe a little exasperated the first time they'd met but now, here he is, acting as if her very existence shake something deep in his heart. There again, in her chest, is that unpleasant tightness and it renders her unable to speak for a moment.
She's afraid, too. If her name was enough to do this to him, then what might the rest of it do?
But for all the things Clarita has learned to do since opening her eyes, lying has never been one of her strengths. ]
... we're family.
[ She has to take a steadying breath as she talks. ]
no subject
She's afraid, too. If her name was enough to do this to him, then what might the rest of it do?
But for all the things Clarita has learned to do since opening her eyes, lying has never been one of her strengths. ]
... we're family.
[ She has to take a steadying breath as she talks. ]
You and my father are brothers.