I looked under the chair where I had knocked my phone and realized there was a text message. I opened the phone and saw the message from my brother. A...ain I felt a prickle of guilt as I opened the message. “I'm sorry if I freaked you out, sis. I didn't mean to upset you. I've been in a bit of a weird place lately and to be honest, my behavior was terrible today. Thinking with the little head and not the big head I'm afraid. Lol. I hope we're okay and just please know I never meant to hurt or. When we arrived in front of the house, I paid the driver then we got out of the cab and he retrieved my bags, placing them on the sidewalk beside me. I thanked him and then walked up the steps. I unlocked the door and let myself in, calling out to Anala.There was no answer, so I walked to the kitchen. There was a note on the chalkboard that Anala was next door. I decided to take a shower and start some laundry, and if she hadn’t returned after I finished my shower, then I’d walk next door to. That sounds good.” Beth and Alex would exchange small banter before they reached the beach. No sooner had the car shut off before Alex was leaning over towards Beth. Beth would bite down softly on her lower lip. Alex smiled softly before letting a hand fall to Beth’s face, lightly caressing her cheek. Beth would shiver under his touch. That made Alex chuckle. “Your too cute,” he whispered before lightly kissing Beth on the lips. Beth would hold to Alex’s face lightly as she returned that kiss,. “No, no, no, no!” she exclaimed. “Please let me get this out there, okay!”“Okay,” I said. I was feeling a little bit more confident that, that whatever this was, it was unrelated to my fatherhood.“Well, like I was saying. When you disappeared, or more accurately didn’t appear in the first place after you returned from the war, I was forced to make a lot of decisions on my own, so I did,” she said.I was nodding. So far I had to allow that she was making sense. “Okay?” I said.“Well, I agreed to.