Too much to handle

Alanis

"You don't have to come back; it is not a big deal and I got it handled."

I can see the expression on his face and I already know that he isn't even listening to me. The stubborn man that I married is coming to play at this moment.

"What happened to him, let me see him?'' he demands. His tone is firm. He is upset right now but I know that it is not because of me.

"He is fine. He got into a fight at school,'' I tell him because that is all I know so far. I am still going to talk to him about it but I don't want to do it in a way where he will not want to tell me anything anymore.

"Let me talk to him,'' he urges me.

"I am in the kitchen right now.''