"When you were with my brother before, you could persuade him, but now..." Madeleine was saying when she suddenly realized what she had been babbling about. Her face turned slightly awkward, and she glanced at Ruby Gregory's slightly pale face before finally stopping herself. After a while, she stuttered, "Ruby, I'm sorry. I'm just used to it, whenever I talk with you, I end up bringing up my brother, just now, I just..."
Ruby knew what Madeleine was going to say next. She gave her a small smile and a shake of the head, "It's alright."
Madeleine looked at her expression through the rearview mirror. After observing that Ruby was indeed alright, she finally relaxed.
It was quiet in the car for barely a minute before Madeleine blurted out again without thinking, "And there's also this thing, Ruby, the other day I heard from my third brother that my brother Steve has been going to a club during the day instead of the office lately. The club is called..."
