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“Priscilla, it is a dangerous dog,” I said with a stern voice. I was hoping to make her see reason and let go of the dog.
She smiled at the dog and patted his head, making it crazy happy. Apparently, she had that effect on both humans and dogs. “But look at him. He looks exactly like his daddy.”
“His daddy?” I asked. Was she going to get its father too?
Priscilla gave me a look like I was stupid. It annoyed me more than any other thing. “You are his daddy, silly. Look, you guys have the same eye color.”
“I am his dad?” I never had a pet. Any of my siblings never had one either, but I didn’t think this was very normal behavior. Though nothing was normal with Priscilla. “Are you okay?”
She threw her head back and laughed. When she looked back at me, her eyes were soft. “He is ours now, Antonio. It is no different than having a child. Well, it is probably easier to take care of him since he doesn’t cry and doesn’t need diapers, but other than that, it is the same. You can’t regard a pet as an object. You have to regard it as a kid.”
It didn’t make a lot of sense to me, but it was nice to see her being so good at accepting a mother role. It was good to know she was ready to have children despite her young age. It was not just to please me.
Unfortunately, that brought another thing to worry about. “What about when we have children?”
“What about then?”
“This dog will eat our baby.”
She laughed again and shook her head. “For a logical man, you are being very unreasonable.”
I gritted my teeth. “Well, I guess my logic leaves my body when it is about your safety.”
That made her look up at me with soft eyes. I didn’t want to give her a wrong impression. I didn’t want to give her hope, but my words were true. I didn’t think I could ever feel love, but the worry was something else. The idea of Priscilla getting hurt had the power of disarming me.
She rose to her full height and put her hands on my shoulders. “It is okay, Antonio. He is a cute dog. I had Pit Bulls before. I know how to train them right.” Then one of her hands moved a little lower to pat my chest. I leaned down to kiss her almost automatically.
I pulled back when I heard the dog growl. Over everything, the damn thing was also jealous. “She is my wife, buddy.”
Priscilla laughed, shaking in my arms. “Are you arguing with the dog?”
“He growled at me first.”
She shook her head as she continued laughing. Then she left me to pet the dog. I liked this animal less and less every passing second. Apparently, I didn’t think this through before saying yes. I was just focused on making Priscilla happy but didn’t guess her dog could be even more annoying than her.
“I can’t believe a puppy got you this worked up. You only needed a dog to melt your ice, I guess.”
I didn’t focus on the second part. My ice was not melted. I was just annoyed. It was nothing new. I just wanted to keep my wife alive, which was a very reasonable and logical wish to have. “It is not a puppy.”
“He is not even one yet. He is eleven months old.”
I looked at the dog, who was busy trying to get all of Priscilla’s attention. “He is going get bigger?”
“Antonio!” she said, clearly bored with my questions. I didn’t like that attitude. I was only being concerned for her safety. Acting like I was crazy here was not the way to go.
“Do you really know how to train him?”
“Mhhmm” she said. “Though, I am not sure with him. He is deaf. I never had a deaf dog.”
For a second, I thought about using this as a reason to give him back, but I knew that was the last thing Priscilla would do. So, I did the next best thing. I gave her a piece of advice because a trained Pit Bull was better than a wild one. “You can teach him with sign language.”
She looked at me with a wrinkled forehead. “Dogs understand that?”
“Of course. Babies do too. If you want, I can teach you the signs for certain commands. I know American Sign Language.”
Priscilla’s eyes got bigger. “Really? I didn’t know that about you. My granny was deaf, but she was old and usually lip-read, so I don’t know, but I’ll love to learn it.” She looked at the dog again and patted his head. “I actually wanted to take him because he was deaf. He reminded me of my granny. I loved her.”
I got confused. “Is this the same granny that told you I would have killed you if you didn’t bleed on our wedding night?”
