"I assume that there is some trouble in paradise?"
I took a deep breath, telling myself that I should have known that this was going to happen. Even though I would have preferred for my father to keep his nose out of my business, here he was, digging into it. And I was going to be the one who needed to put him in his place and remind him about boundaries. I knew that he wasn't going to be happy with it, but considering the amount of self-control that I had come to exhibit this morning, I felt like I had just enough of it to keep me going for a fraction of a conversation longer. Perhaps I would even be able to make it through the entire conversation without getting upset, but even I knew that that was a long shot.
"Not necessarily."
"But that isn't a no, either."
I couldn't keep my
