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I found Rispo towering over my wife, his elbow propped above her head against the Museum wall, too close and too familiar and too everything.
“You’re making a mistake, honey. Being married to a politician is the worst thing you can do for yourself. I’m all the fun and none of the hassle.”
“None of the brains, too.” I grabbed him by the back of his tux and tossed his head into a nearby fountain.
I thrust his head into the water, casually taking a seat on the round fountain’s edge.
Rispo’s arms flailed hysterically. Bubbles floated on the water’s surface, as if he were trying to say something.
Needless to say—I wasn’t interested.
“Are you all right?” I asked Francesca while Rispo was enjoying an enforced face wash.
She didn’t look harmed—didn’t even look shaken—but I wanted to make sure.
Nem nodded. “Yes. He just hit on me. You can let him go now.”
“What were you doing out here with him?” I ignored her suggestion.
I was going to let him go eventually, but not before I inflicted a good amount of damage.
She bit down on her lip.
“You went out for a smoke.” I sighed.
She’d been trying to quit, not-so-successfully.
Nem pulled a shoulder up in a shrug. “I tossed my cigarettes away when I got here. I knew it was a bad idea.”
“And he followed you?”
The bubbles and arm flailing stopped, and I knew my time drowning Rispo was coming to an unfortunate end.
“Yes.” Francesca hugged her arms. “But he was just being obnoxious, not scary.”
“Good, sweetheart. I’m glad to hear.”
Thrusting my fingers into his wet hair, I reared Rispo’s head back. He took a greedy breath, growling.
“You’re going to hear from my lawyers—”
I pushed his head back inside. Pulled him back up again. “Sorry, you were saying?”
“Okay, okay. Just let me go.”
I did. But not before dumping him on the gravel, my foot pressed to the base of his throat.
“Proposition my wife again, Rispo. I dare you. Next time, you won’t be seeing the light of day.”
“Overall, the evening was a success, don’t you think?” Francesca asked three hours later while taking off her diamond earrings in front of our bedroom mirror.
I loosened my bowtie, striding toward her from behind. “Yes, I think so.”
“Mama was so proud to make the announcement—thank you for that. And you managed to get a lot of donations.” She smiled to herself, putting the earrings in her jewelry box. “I think many people are going to—”
I came up behind her, grabbed the front of her neck, and pushed my face into her thick, luscious hair. A growl escaped my lips as I inhaled her drugging scent.
She quieted the war raging inside me. Made the demons slink back into the black holes they came from.
