Renee loaded Christian up and climbed into the driver's seat. She sat there for a minute as she contemplated how to talk to Christian about Kevin. He couldn’t talk to Jesse about him.
"Hey, buddy?" Renee said as she looked in the rearview mirror.
"Yes, Mommy?" Christian said as he looked up.
"Let's not talk about Mr. Alex to daddy, okay?"
"Why? He was nice."
"Your daddy is very jealous of me. He doesn't like other men being around me."
"Why? Mr. Alex was nice and he's your friend."
"How do I explain this?" Renee thought out loud. "Your daddy is kind of like the evil king. He doesn't want any princes around because he's scared that they will take his princess away."
"Oh. Daddy is mean to you sometimes like the king, too."
"All adults have disagreements so
