"You!" Amelia said after holding back for a long time. "You really are worthy of being a cousin of Patrick!"
Leah said innocently, "Amelia, you are also one of my cousins."
Just as Amelia and Leah were having a 'happy conversation¹, Patrick, who was late, looked at Leah and asked, "Leah, who are you talking to?"
Due to the angle, he could only see Leah's backside. As for Amelia, she was well hidden under Leah's shadow.
As soon as Patrick's voice was heard, Jessica, who was next to Amelia, shivered and hurriedly pulled Amelia to hide in their seat, leaving Leah with an inexplicable look on her face.
Seeing Leah's strange expression, Patrick glanced around the seats in front of him but he found nothing special. So he repeated Leah's name coldly, "What are you looking at?"
Leah suddenly came back to her sense and said with an anthomaniac smile, "Nothing."
Leah wondered why Amelia ran away without saying goodbye after hearing the Patrick's voice.
Not to mention Leah, even Amelia felt puzzled about herself. She looked at her arm which was still grabbed by Jessica and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you in a panic?"
Jessica said anxiously, "I'm just afraid that if Mr. Patrick sees me, it will bring back some bad memories for him wouldn't it?"
Amelia did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Then why did you drag me along with you?"
Suddenly, Jessica let go of Amelia's arm. She rubbed her forehead and said, "I'm sorry, it's a conditioned reflex."
Amelia said seriously, "In fact, you don't need to do this at all. Before I came, I've already told Patrick that I came to see you."
Jessica sighed and said, "Amelia, I understand what you mean. But if it were you, could you stay calm? Imagine this, my mother seduced his father! If his father divorced his wife for my mother and reconstruct a family with my mother, wouldn't we turn into brother and sister? Gosh, I feel so awkward at the thought of this..."
Amelia said weakly, "Aren't you thinking a little out of the box?"
Jessica said excitedly, "That's why I used the word 'imagine'!"
Amelia held her forehead and said, "To think about it, your hypothesis is not unreasonable too. At that time, my father was throwing a tantrum that he almost ran away from home. There is a possibility that he would be with your mother."
Jessica's heart was full of bitterness. "Now you can imagine how embarrassed I am when I see Patrick now, yet... I am still the one who is in the wrong!"
"Don't think too much, let's go with the flow." Amelia changed the topic and said, "The movie is starting. Put on the 3D glasses!"
Jessica put on her glasses and asked, "Amelia, I've forgotten to ask you, why did your husband take his cousin to a movie?"
Amelia hastily said, "Er!" After a while, she said helplessly, "Don't ask. It's a long story."
Jessica turned her face towards her and said in a suspicious tone, "Your husband took his cousin to watch a movie. Did you know about this?"
Seeing that Amelia nodded, Jessica said, "That's fine then."
Amelia glanced at her. "Do you think it's weird that cousins would bring each other out?"
Jessica shook her head. "No, I'm just surprised that a person who's so cold like Patrick would be so close to his cousin. I can't help but ask if you're jealous."
Amelia felt uneasy and said, "I'm okay."
Jessica said meaningfully, "Okay? You're jealous, aren't you?"
Amelia was trigger by embarrassment and said, "Are we here to watch the movie, or to gossip?"
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Come Into My Arms