“You are taking this seriously, aren’t you?”
Sawyer looked up from the book he was readying as he sat alone in the living room to find his sister stood oer him.
“Why wouldn’t I be taking this seriously?”
She sat down beside him and he set the book down; it was obvious she wasn’t going to be leaving him in peace any time soon.
“Have you even considered how you are going to approach other people about this?”
“Give me a break, Francesca. Elizabeth left yesterday, I could really do with some time alone to get used to the fact I’m not going to see her for a while.”
“And the people you are responsible for could do with feeling like you are at least trying to be a normal and stable leader for them.”
“I have never asked or wanted other people to treat me differently; it is not me who has ac
