Clara finally drove home when it was 11:00a.m. She couldn't walk for two hours and Josiah was nice enough to stay with her. She didn't know why he was so nice to her. Twice he had bumped into her and twice he had prevented from falling. A premonition rang into her thought to place it that the whole scenario was creepy.
The thought of her second encounter occupied her mind as she drove towards home. She couldn't concentrate. Almost colliding with a truck made that evident. She just hoped she got home safely.
Finally, the car pulled up at the garage. She came out of the car holding the car keys and her bag. She walked into the house and was surprised to find Casey right by the door. She screamed in fright.
"Casey, what were you doing there? You almost startled to death". She said, holding her chest and breathing heavily
"Let's be less concerned about what I was doing by the door, let's turn all gaze to you. How was your meeting?" he asked, moving his eyebrows.
"It was good." She said, nervously. She started twiddling.
"You're lying". He said, moving closer to her.
"Hey, you don't tell you sister she's telling lies". She said, frowning at him.
"We are both in the know that you get nervous and do twiddle when you tell lies to deceive me". He said, folding his arms.
"Okay you got me. The director didn't show up and he rescheduled the meeting. I've never been so tired in my whole life and my body is aching."
"I told you a lot of rest is accruing to you and that you'd exhaust yourself if you are not cautious but you turned deaf ears and now that's the end result of not listening to your baby brother".
"Save your sermons for another day."
"You need your rest a lot". He said in a worried tone.
"Don't worry about it. You are a sweetheart to worry about me. I'll be fine". She said, patting his shoulder gently. She yawned and went straight to her room.
"She's been acting all weird lately. Not cool". He said with a shrug.
Clara walked into her bedroom. She had a quick check of the pink-painted room and was rest assured everything was intact after some seconds. Casey was in the habit of coming to her room whenever he was bored. His visits usually made the room untidy. She exhaled in relief when she saw that the room was in good order.
She walked up to her bed and fell on it. She was hiding something from her brother. Apparently, she knew it was the best to make the situation obscure to him. It wasn't fair to him but she had no choice. She had to keep him out of the whole scenario and by so doing she was protecting him. She wouldn't want him to suffer consequences of coincidence.
Clara heaved a sigh. She was bothered and the crux of the matter was that she couldn't control the things that were occurring. She was troubled and she wished the trying times would just pass by at the wink of an eye.
"God, I believe in you. Please make these things pass over for my little brother's sake." She said, clasping her hands in prayer. She felt relieved after the prayer and she was able to have a perfect and sound sleep.