"Tonight?" Claire asks in disbelief, and then she starts pacing the room, her hands on her hips. "So you're going to leave me? Just like that?"
"Claire, I told you," I say as I run my hands over my face. "I need to resolve my personal issues first. Look at what happened today?"
Claire continues to pace the room, shaking her head and covering her ears. She doesn't want to listen to me. But right now, I think this is the best thing to do.
"Listen to me, Claire," I say as I grab her hands to stop her from walking. "I was a former Navy SEAL, and we were trained to kill men. Did you really think that I wasn't able to do any real damage on Mikey because I was struggling?"
Claire looks at me, confused, with her mouth slightly open. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, I could have easily snapped his
