Daddy’s Little Pet
"I'm freaking afraid, Robert. That's not so hard to understand, is it?"
His arms eased over me slightly, almost giving way, but not quite. "Easy. Easy."
"Easy? Are you telling me to take it easy?” I scoffed. "You just got out of jail today, and while I thought everything was going well, boom, this happened. And all you say is EASY?"
He exhaled.