would have been a beginning.”
Yo asentí.
“What do you want now?”
Her fingers tightened slightly around the mug.
“For them to be safe.”
“They will be.”
“I know you can provide security, Damon. That isn’t what I mean.”
I waited.
“I want consistency.”
The word was ordinary.
It frightened me.
“You mean schedules.”
– No.
“Then what?”
“I mean if you say you’re coming Saturday, you come Saturday. If Luke calls you, you answer when you can and call back when you can’t. If Violet gets attached to you, you
