As I entered the basement, I saw Liv practicing her violin while looking at the score on her computer screen.
If it was just that, I would have thought everything was normal, but when I saw how red her eyes were, I realized that something was wrong.
I slowly approached her, put a hand on her shoulder and asked in a calm voice. "Liv, is everything okay?"
Startled, Liv looked into my eyes and quickly looked away from me to the computer as she tried to get back to practicing her violin.
Noticing this, I slowly put my hand on her violin and turned her body to look at me.
"Liv, talk to me, I'm your older brother. What were we talking about last time?" I asked as I placed her violin on the table and pulled her into a hug.
Feeling the hug around her body, Liv froze for a second, but quickly felt relieved and returned the hug with force.