A One Woman Man  

Sticking out my tongue, I hated that I didn't have a smart-ass response ready for Beau. "I get that," I sneered instead. Pouting, I pulled out another lollypop from my space before unwrapping it and sticking it in my mouth. "But…"

 

"But it's different," nodded Dante. "Pride showed me a memory of you killing your father."

 

"That man has never been my father," I snarled, sitting upright as I turned on Dante. "And if you ever say that again, I will rip out your tongue just to see if you can regrow a new one."

 

Dante looked at me, his eyes wide as I threatened him, but I couldn't help myself. That was why I never called him father. He was Père more often than not, Daddy when he forced me to call him that, and stepfather to everyone else. But I would never call that scum my father.