"Yeah. She''s gone home." Kevin spoke hesitatingly. He had no intention of letting his sister know that he got no clue of Louisa''s whereabouts. He had turned around quickly and gone upstairs even before Louisa left.


    "Did Louisa say anything to you?" ire said carefully as she was afraid to irritate her brother more. She knew that Kevin was already in his worst mood.


    "What do you want her to tell me? Speaking of this, let''s talk about her." Kevin originally nned to go upstairs but suddenly changed his mind upon hearing his sister. He walked back to the couch and sat down.


    "Talk about Louisa? Why? I don''t know anything." What Kevin did automatically disturbed ire. She didn''t know what was inside her brother''s head. His serious face was enough to make her feel uneasy.


    "It seems that we didn''t have any heart-to-heart talk before, right?" Instead of getting straight to the point, Kevin decided to start their conversation by devious questioning. He was staring straight to his sister''s eyes as if he was reading her unruly mind.


    "What''s wrong, Kevin? You''ve changed. You were never an emotional creature. This is not like you at all. If I''m remembering right, you have never talked to me on your own initiative, let alone chatted with me." Puzzled was not even enough to describe ire''s expression. She didn''t even know where Kevin''s opening gambit was leading to. What game was he ying?


    "ire, did you forget that we had a talkst night?" Kevin had to admit that he wasn''t the best brother. His parents were all over ire all the time, so he had always been an isted chi


    ''re surely more important to me. You''re my brother. How can you evenpare yourself to Louisa who is just my friend?" ire got more confused. She suddenly felt like she was skating on thin ice.


    "One more question. Whose happiness is more important, mine or Louisa''s?" Kevin proceeded systematically at his own pace. He had mentally calcted that he couldn''t talk to ire with undue haste. Instead, he had to approach things patiently and methodologically.


    "Are you alright, Kevin? Why are you asking me such strange questions?" ire reached for Kevin''s forehead tentatively and found that his cold wasn''t gonepletely. Was it the reason why he was acting like this?


    "I''m okay. Just answer me honestly." Kevin took her hand away and pushed a cup of tea before her.


    "Surely your happiness is more important. Well, I''m sorry. It''s just that you are somewhat abnormal tonight. You keep saying something I don''t understand." ire felt her uneasiness getting worse. Did Louisa go too far and say something to upset Kevin? What he said was quite baffling.