Christopher Moore caught sight of the painful struggle on Ruby Mercer's face. He felt the distance between them had closed a little, but now that sense of being an outsider appeared again. He hated that feeling.
"Big brother?" Christopher Moore nodded and asked Hannah Mercer.
Hannah Mercer looked up at her mother, then at her brother. She pouted, lowered her head, and kept twisting her fingers as if she knew she had done something wrong, remaining silent.
Yet Christopher Moore was still waiting for Hannah Mercer to answer.
A sudden intruder broke the silence, "Mom and Dad! Bro..."
Liam Moore's voice rang out, waking everyone from their self-absorbed thoughts.
"Uh, hehe, hehe, everyone is here! I went into the wrong room, sorry, Brother, Ruby, carry on, carry on."
Although Liam Moore was slow to react, he could feel the awkward atmosphere. Could it be that his parents had been exposed?
