I get out the car and make my way down the front yard to where Valerie and are standing. Vincent's backing away.
"Vinny!!" Valerie excitedly yells as she tries to pull her brother into a hug. He doesn't answer, just coldly brushes her off. And then he turns around and starts walking back to the car.
I try to stifle a laugh but a giggle still escapes under my breath.
Valerie's embarrassed face only makes this funnier; her cheeks are red and her anxious green eyes are looking around nervously in case anybody saw her failed attempt at sibling bonding. The maid is gone since it's the weekend so we're the only ones on the property. And yet she still directs her gaze in every which way in case an imaginary audience decides to pop up and mock her for getting pushed away by her own brother.
