Eighty-Nine

"Minnie?"

Minerva glanced at Marcus when she heard him call her. She sat on the swing on the balcony of her treehouse with Harika by her side.

"You're here." She said in surprise. Marcus shrugged his shoulders and sat on the other swing beside her.

"I couldn't stand their noise, hence I left." He said and sighed in exasperation. Minerva couldn't help but chuckle.

"I heard from my father that Uncle Santi built the Butterfly Mansion, the Butterfly Garden, and this treehouse based on your liking. And he even started to build it months before you were born. "

Minerva looked at him in her peripheral vision, but Marcus' attention was on the butterfly lights that hung on the balcony.

"I guess you also met Uncle Santi in your past life."

"Well, sort of." Although they met in her dreams, it still counted, right?

"Mm." He grunted but did not say