Chapter 240

"No." Melissa said quietly, her heart pounding. She decided to go upstairs later to see how Joshua was doing. "Alvina, did Uncle look particularly upset when he went upstairs earlier?" "Mm..he didn't seem particularly upset, but he did seem a bit different than usual." Alvina held her fallen tooth and glanced at it. "Mama, I'm going to put my tooth in the little box to keep it!" "Go ahead, I'm going to go upstairs to see your uncle." Melissa faint-heartedly said, she draped a shawl and ascended the stairs to apologize to Joshua. Dragging her heavy feet, Melissa climbed the stairs, thinking about how to have a good talk with Joshua. She blamed herself for taking action without asking for Joshua's intentions first, all the while smugly thinking she had done a good thing for her brother, but in reality, she brought a lot of trouble to his life. Knock knock. Tentatively, Melissa knocked on the door a few times "Big brother, are you there? It's Melissa, I want to talk to you for a bit." Mel