Chapter 117: Extra-05
LEO
"He is acting like a heartbroken bitch." Ruth’s tone is pissed and very agriverted which is very unusual coming from him, "He is in his room twenty-four-seven and he refuses to eat anything at all." Ruth lets out an exasperated sigh.
Even if I can’t see him through the phone call, I can still tell that, Ruth has bags underneath his eyes and he is as pale as fuck. He is currently arranging everything to move to Boston. Took him long enough but he still wants to move here.
"Any particular reason?" I stroll out to the balcony of the nursery, which is my second bedroom now, I just put Alen and Alex to sleep. "Did he have any breakup or something?"
"Hell no." Ruth retorts, "I’d know if he was."
"Why Ruth?" I lift an eyebrow. This is one of the things I hate about my best friend—his unnecessary infiltration into this brother’s life. "Why do you expect to know every single shit that is going on in Joe’s life?" I counter, "He is an individual person of his own. You can’t just make decisions for him."
"When he stops acting like one, that’s it." Ruth returns pointedly, "He might be grown up now, but he still is a baby inside who can’t take care of himself. It is proven."
"And how?" My lips curl into a snarl.
"The morning after your delivery." Ruth scoffs, "I caught him and Leon in one bed, cuddling. And I can’t even blame Leon because he was just taking care of Joe. And other than that, Joe has been going to his house on a daily basis."
My eyes widen in surprise, "Who told you the last part?"
"Leon did." Ruth shrugs, "Just think how annoyed he was to tell me all his, himself."