A familiar weak , but sing - song voice pulled him from the world of his comic books . “ Hey , Bets ,” he acknowledged ; With his reading material was discarded aside , Tate got to his feet . “ Hey , pretty - girl . What’s up ??” He hooked her hands underneath her armpits , hefting his sister up against his core . There wasn’t much to smile about these days … All the death , and bad - omens going on . ( Tate felt GUILTY that he was sort of happy that Beatrice was unable to witness it all !!) But his sister was one of the few things that made him feel HAPPY . He delicately brushed misplaced strands of brown from her face , “ You lonely ??”
A small smile formed onto her lips once she was lifted into his arms while her arms wrapped around his neck while leaning into his touch. “Yeah..” she then made a face. “I was having a tea party with a nice lady named Nora but..she started to cry and she had to go...” she trailed off before lifting her head up towards him. “So I didn’t have a tea party today..can you read to me? The cool books?” she smiled gently letting her head rock to the side while a giggle fell past her lips. “You always make those voices and it’s fun.”