10 years later...
'So, I thought about this moving out thing. ' she said and then paused for a split second.
'So... What do you think?' he quickly reciprocated to her statement since that was the only time she ever brought up the subject.
'I don't know, Leo. I just don't know if should allow my sister to go through this again. It's been only three years since her daughter died in her hands. I'm just gonna be too much.'
He glanced back and forth, trying to distract himself from the knot that is forming in his throat and coughed it away.
'I know, it's going to hard for everyone but just let her to be with you when you need her the most. Okay?'
When their eyes throughly met, a tear fell from her eyes and she quickly wiped it away in an attempt to be able to cherish the probably the last birthday she's ever going to celebrate.
'Today is your birthday and you most definitely should wipe your tears away, Juli. No more crying.'
She promised not to cry. And he promised not to be infuriating.
And life was kind of good, at least for then.
