She knew that he was joking, with the amount that he sung. He had to be. If he wasn't she knew that not only would she have to deal with a disappointed Melissa but also call him a hypocrite. Martha leaned in and whispered something in his ear, so only he could hear beore pulling back. "So, is that incentive enough for you?" She had a wicked smile on her lips as she asked the question. Melissa not really getting what they were whispering about just wanted to hear her father say yes that he would come.
These family moments had been happening more and more frequently since she'd joined them, moving in with Jack, and it was something that Tosh often commented on. Something that martha loved. When she'd called her mother to tell her about the engagement, Francine Jones had been almost as thrilled as Martha herself. She'd had to convince her not to fly out the next day.
Unfortunately, there were other things at play that afternoon. Not something that the three in the room could know yet, but there was some noise coming from outside. It didn't sound like anything out of the ordinary. Had they been monitoring the levels - which were checked once ever three hours - then they might have known something was wrong, but it really was too late. The noises outside became louder and there was running... Something was going on, it sounded like running. "I thought that the basketball game wasn't planned until tomorrow," Martha commented, curiously.