Nov 11, 2016
@oamuys
“It’s outrageous.” He had managed to stop pacing, but his clenched fists were still shaking with rage enough to match the firepower of a fleet of a thousand ships. Or so it felt. Their family had lost enough, but what his son had now done...what they had gained, what he had fought to gain for them...suddenly it all now seemed to be at risk. Taking a breath to steady himself, he looked again to his wife, knowing (or at least hoping) that she would understand. And that she would be prepared to stand by him in doing whatever proved to be necessary. “It’s unthinkable. What he has done will bring us nothing but shame. We’re already looked down upon enough as it is, but this will only make it worse.”