Ch 20

Scotland, McCutcheon’s Mansion

Living Room

  Carmen’s POV

“Shane!”

“Pat!”

Katie and I both call out our love ones at the same time.  We glance at each other concernly before trying to understand the scene in front of us.

We have the pair of siblings standing in front of their massive plasma TV – broken with something that resembled a controller sticking one end out of the TV.  Pat is holding a controller in his hands while the lankier sibling is scratching her head with one hand and the other hand holding up claiming her innocence.   Small sparks are coming out of the broken TV every few seconds.

“What happened?” I finally ask after overcoming my initial shock.

“We were just playing Wii!”  Shane says.

“Wait, take a step back. I thought you two were arguing?”  Katie steps in.

“Come on, we are brothers and sisters.  We can’t stay mad at each other for long!”   Shane grins cheekily.

“Yeah!  She is my spoiled little sis, at the end of the day.”  Pat hooks his arm around Shane’s neck and starts messing with her hair playfully.

“Get off me!”  Shane struggles to break free from him as his laugh at his sister’s hopeless struggle.

Alfred, Alice father comes in at this moment with a fire extinguisher in hand and spray at the TV.

“Did you throw the controller at the TV?”  I ask Shane.

“The strap broke while I was swinging it!  It’s true! I swear!” She says earnestly.

"These straps are so flimsy, honey.  We shouldn’t let the kids play with it. I will call Nintendo first thing in the morning."  Pat adds.

I pull Shane closer to me, stroking her face with my fingers.  "I am glad that you are not hurt, baby." 

"I am fine.  Let’s get some sleep.  We have a long journey home tomorrow."  Shane kisses me lightly on the lips.  We said our goodnights and go back upstairs after the false panic.  

 It has been a long day and I fell asleep as soon as I hit the mattress.

‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’