Page 266 of Night's Fall
Drat.
That sounded accusatory.
“I mean,I’mgiving you space,”Icorrected.
“Fuck space,Laura,” he bit out. “Thatmale broke your gods-damned ribs.”
“I know,”Isaid soothingly.
“When you werenine.”
“I know, honey.”
“You do not comm that motherfucker,” he ordered.
“Listen—”
“Ever.”
“Please, if you’d?—”
“Fuckingever,Laura.Doyougods-damned hear me?”
Calm went out the window because…
Enough!
“I can’tnothear you since you’re shouting!”Ishouted.
“Were you not fucking there when we pulled royal strings to circumvent a reconciliation meeting?” he demanded.
“Please calm down,”Isnapped.
“You are no contact with that male.”
“I know.”
“You know?Hewas just a holo inyour gods-damned lounge!” he thundered.
“I know,Aleksei!”Iyelled.AndthenIkept doing it. “Calmthe fargdown!”
He didn’t calm down.
“If you need to know something, you talk tome.”Hepounded his chest on the “me” in a manner, if it was anyone else butAleksei, it would leave a bruise.
“You’re dealing with things,”Ipointed out.
“Fuck yes,I’mdealing with things,” he agreed furiously.
“AndI’mletting you deal with them.”
“By comming your motherfucking piece-of-shit father?”
“I think he’s…Ithink…Imight be understanding him a little.”
Wrong thing to say.
Big time.
