Side Story-03

RUTH

"Take good care of him." This is the hundredth time Leo has told me this sentence. "Don't disappoint John. I sent him to you, so treat him well. At least for my sake.

"Leo, do you think I am an idiot?" Dismay dripping in my tone, "You told me this for at least a hundred times now and do you think I still haven't gotten this? What am I? A five-year-old kid?"

"I am not sure if you are." Leo replies nonchalantly over the phone, "Sometimes, you just behave that way. Stubborn, noisy and ignorant."

"What are you?" I sneer, "My dad or something? No, no wait dads are supposed to dote on their child. But you hate me, how are you my dad?"