“You really are a brat,” he said suddenly.
She scoffed and turned her head away from him. “Your opinion of me doesn’t matter.”
“You do know your father lost a child before you right? Your aunt aborted it.”
“I do know my own family history, Eric. They tell me everything.”
“He lost nine years with you. Don’t you think his overprotective parenting is because he lost the time, he lost another child to a sick and twisted mind, and he sees every single day how horrible the world is. He wants to keep you safe. Do you know how many times I’ve seen a woman get hit on or abused in a club, at a concert or even just walking down the street? He wants to keep you from being a statistic.”
“Why is it,” she was running out of fight, “everyone keeps telling me the same things over and over again as if
