SEPARATION BLUES

LIAM

I haven't seen my brother in a few weeks.

This has been weighing me down since no matter what, Reece will remain my little brother and I will always love him.

The distance and the silence between us have been so heavy and unbearable, so unusual that every time I want something or need to tell him something, I almost reach out ... For a second forgetting things aren't as they used to be.

That's why I am surprised he has asked me if we can meet over lunch. He hasn't told me what he wants to talk about; not that he said he wants to talk. But one can assume that's the agenda.

"I think this is a good thing," rain is fixing my hair as I read some files Beckley has sent me over. "You two need to fix things and be best buddies again. It's weird without seeing him pop up in here every few hours."

"I admit that it's a little weird going for weeks without seeing him and talking to him. But he decided that this is the way things will be."