MENDING BROKEN BONDS
“Well, that was a disaster,” Emily collapsed on the bed when they arrived back home. “And don’t you dare give me the ‘I told you so’ lecture,” she warned her husband. “I’ll cry if you do,” she mumbled the last part.
Sly chuckled. “I’m honestly just grateful you weren’t hurt through all this chaos. That’s something that would have killed me,”
She took steady breaths for a bit, hearing his voice and allowing it soothe her before she admitted, “You were right,” she hummed. “We shouldn’t have gone,”
“Ha! And then we’d have missed Mr. Round-butt!” Sylvester reminded her about the man they were making fun of, and the image of his weirdly round, jiggling butt probably from his abnormal diet, sparks a bubbling laughter in her.
She could sleep easy now, knowing that Sly wa
