20
NOT AT ALL SURPRISED
“Absolutement, non, chérie. For the last time, it is too dangerous, and I will not let you put yourself at risk.”
I cannot believe what I’m hearing. We’ve been going in circles and she’s being so stubborn. “Gah! Jo! You have to take me! This is Emma we’re talking about! I have to be there!”
“Do not push me, chérie. If I have to lock you up myself, I will. You. Will. Not. Go.”
“Don’t push you? Don’t push you? Who do you think you are? You can’t order me around! I’m not one of your employees! Lock me up? You wouldn’t dare!” We face off in front of her sitting room couch, and I’m mutinous. Her eyes flash red, and she looks increasingly, frighteningly, like a vampire. But I can’t stop. I won’t. It’s too important. Jo has to see reason. “Don’t threaten me, Jo. So he
