Looking at the clock she saw she’d been asleep for some time, it was now 2: 00 PM. She didn’t realize it at first but she had fallen asleep snuggled with her brother. April sat with her brother, holding his hand still to her legs, she felt the little tremble in his hand, a nervous tremble, she held it tighter once more, bringing it to her face she kissed the back of it so softly it would hardly register as a kiss. It was the way his sister had spoken about what life would have been like if it was just the two of them that had set something off in his mind. He looked troubled as he went to join her, helping to hold the sheets she was pegging to the close line to dry in the bright sunshine of the day. Her eyes fixed on his face taking in every little movement his jaw made as he chewed the mouthful of cereal before swallowing.
