Melissa shut her eyes tight, stiffening as she exhaled, then shook her head. “This is different,” she insisted. “When I went to see him last week, he was so strung out. And the other night, he seemed a little better…at first…”
“But?”
“Let's just say Aiden is having trouble with the phrase 'No means no.' ”
Harry looked at her with a fierce-eyed squint. “Did he-”
“No!” Melissa said before he could finish that question.“No, nothing like that. It's just…He seemed to think that s*x would help him unwind, and you know my position on premarital intimacy.”
“What am I gonna do, Dad?” she whimpered. “If Aiden keeps going like this, the Nassai will reject him, and I don't want to see what will happen after that.”
“That's not your problem, sweetheart.” It was simple advice, offered in that kindl
