04-26-2020, 05:33 PM
[align=center][div style="width: 51%; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: georgia;"]He hardly was paying attention to the scene around him as he tended to his girlfriend, ears laying back in surprise just slightly as she stirred. “Stay down, dear, it’s alright,” he murmured comfortingly to her, holding her down gently with a paw. “I’ve got you.”
The rest of it didn’t matter. Asvini’s comments were nothing more than blips on his radar. It was his son’s fiery response that had him looking up from his work. A swear word. Well. It would only be a matter of time. He did not censor himself especially around his children, but such a derogatory term he was certain Atticus hadn’t learned from him. What do I do? Yelling wouldn’t do anything; in fact, it would likely rile him up more. But he couldn’t let him get away with such behavior.
“Atticus Roux!” he scolded gently but firmly. “That is enough. We’re going to have a talk about this later, young man.” There. That wasn’t terrible. He hoped he hadn’t embarrassed him too much.
The rest of it didn’t matter. Asvini’s comments were nothing more than blips on his radar. It was his son’s fiery response that had him looking up from his work. A swear word. Well. It would only be a matter of time. He did not censor himself especially around his children, but such a derogatory term he was certain Atticus hadn’t learned from him. What do I do? Yelling wouldn’t do anything; in fact, it would likely rile him up more. But he couldn’t let him get away with such behavior.
“Atticus Roux!” he scolded gently but firmly. “That is enough. We’re going to have a talk about this later, young man.” There. That wasn’t terrible. He hoped he hadn’t embarrassed him too much.