"I don't care how much it costs, replace everything that was destroyed and get that place back up and running by the time I get back or I'll flay you and turn that dried-out leather you call a skin and into a new belt."
Pearl stood by the bend in the breezy hallway, quietly listening as Leonard berated whoever was on the other end of the phone.
She had just had one of her scheduled checkups, Leonard choosing to wait outside the room to give her privacy and was greeted with the sound of him screaming when she came out.
"I swear to whatever god you pray to, Augustus, if you try one of your little tricks and even a penny is spent on anything but the reconstruction, you'll be two children and a ballsack less. Am I understood?" He growled into the phone and ended the call without waiting fo
