Chapter 946 (Incest/Taboo):Their Love Problem:>Ep44

• She looked up, into Mélette's eyes. Johnny twisted around to see what she was looking at behind him, to see Mélette's pale, drawn, features. The little blonde dropped to her knees to hug Johnny around the waist, and press her face against his back.
• "She right, li'l Jean," she murmured, "Ever' time I need you, you be there for me, you make me an' Odie you baby-girls, you care for us, keep us safe, teach us whut we need to know, an' we ain't never thought you nothin' but the best big brother in the world; I guess I know how you feeling right now, I feelin' it too, but you know what? Fact you feel like that mean you still Li'l Jean, same big brother who teach me swamp fishin' and 'gator hookin', an' tell me stories, an' sing ole songs from the Isle and La Belle France with his ole Bon-Tee, an' stan' in front o' me when maw-maw mad an' lookin' to hand out a lickin', who take it for me an' never say a word 'bout it or go lookin' for evens after; Justy right about you, Li'l Jean; you born to protect people like me, people who mebbe need more than whut they got. The world a better place wi' people like you in it, so I tell you what; you forgive whut I done, an' I forgive you, an' we both let this go an' move on."
• Mélette patted his chest, just over his heart, and hugged him even tighter, and when she spoke again, her whole speech pattern had changed, slow and slurred, almost a patois, as she reached back into her and Johnny's childhoods.