"Look, I love your parents too. They're like family to me, with all the time I've come to know them. But the fact of the matter is that I just don't
want
to spend the whole weekend with them during our visit. I've worked hard accumulating this vacation time, and we can't budget that kind of time with them
and
do everything else on our roster. Okay?"
"
Okay?
Okay? Fuck you,
Brandon. This conversation is
over."
I froze in my tracks. It took me just about every ounce of willpower I had to keep myself from snapping back at her. A dozen violent possibilities crossed my mind in an instant. Horrible things I might say to her. Horrible things I could do to her. All sorts of things I'm sure I would come to regret the next morning.
Still glaring at her, eyes locked with hers, I raised my hand and snapped my fingers.
She blinked. Though her scowl still held firm on her face, the faΓ§ade had already begun to crumble. Her cheeks reddened, her bottom lip trembled and tightened, struggling to maintain her upset expression. She clenched her fists at her side. Her legs began to shake.
I maintained stern eye contact with her. It didn't take long before it all fell apart.