Owen leaned back in his chair and locked his eyes on Julianna’s fixing her in a concentrated stare, “Julianna please.” His voice was firm indicating he was done indulging the flight of her worries. He’d done his best to comfort her and his patience was wearing thin. “You are going to make yourself sick if you keep on like this. You need to still your thoughts.” He injected a little bit of Lieutenant General pep talk for good measure.
The burner was buzzing again, Owen sighed and opened the message. He couldn’t keep the anger from his face. He flipped the phone closed more forcefully than was necessary and set it down again. His mouth opened as if he had something else to say to his wife, but it snapped shut again and he snatched up the phone.
> You don’t seem to understand that provisos are part of these kinds of things
> one of us has to make demands
> and yet you don’t seem so interested in such
> only idle threats
> you can buy my continued cooperation by complying with a simple request for proof of my daughter’s good condition on the hour until we meet
His jaw worked back and forth grinding his teeth as his fingers flew over the keys sending the messages in rapid succession. He had become completely irked with this nebulous adversary. The messages were sent and Owen put the phone back down to gaze up at Julianna continually worrying at her face. He leaned forward and captured her hands pulling them away from her face, “Stop. You have to stop.”
He needed her to stop for her sake as much as his. He couldn’t stand to watch her cry anymore. He couldn’t think straight. “When did you last eat? You need to eat something. I should eat something.”
Redirect and distract.
The burner was buzzing again, Owen sighed and opened the message. He couldn’t keep the anger from his face. He flipped the phone closed more forcefully than was necessary and set it down again. His mouth opened as if he had something else to say to his wife, but it snapped shut again and he snatched up the phone.
> You don’t seem to understand that provisos are part of these kinds of things
> one of us has to make demands
> and yet you don’t seem so interested in such
> only idle threats
> you can buy my continued cooperation by complying with a simple request for proof of my daughter’s good condition on the hour until we meet
His jaw worked back and forth grinding his teeth as his fingers flew over the keys sending the messages in rapid succession. He had become completely irked with this nebulous adversary. The messages were sent and Owen put the phone back down to gaze up at Julianna continually worrying at her face. He leaned forward and captured her hands pulling them away from her face, “Stop. You have to stop.”
He needed her to stop for her sake as much as his. He couldn’t stand to watch her cry anymore. He couldn’t think straight. “When did you last eat? You need to eat something. I should eat something.”
Redirect and distract.
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