Kitty did not hold any look of displeasure when she saw his face. Her smile returned as she took his arm and she gave him a brief kiss on the cheek.

"I tried. But ya can't argue with a brick, and he's being as supportive to ya as a gnat with knobby knees. 'Sides, it don't matter what he thinks since I ain't marryin him. Let him mope cause you're happy and he don't agree. OOOnly way ta prove him wrong is if'n ten years fly by and we still smilin and he's still simmerin ."

She smiled more and it did seem to make her feel all the more right in her feelings since the two brothers were as different as night and day and how much more special Uriel was.