Hold My Tear, I’m Getting My Wife Back!

Chapter 21

The boy was thrashing about, baring his teeth with comical and futile defiance against the towering Curtis before him. He was like a chick flapping helplessly in the face of a hawk, yet his voice rang out with a rebellious squawk. “She’s hideous! Blah, blah, blah!”

Curtis chuckled dryly. “What kind of school did you attend where they teach you to confuse beauty and the beast?”

He plucked the water gun from the kid’s grip, weighing it in his hand. It was surprisingly hefty.

With a casual toss, he passed it to Leanne. “Here, honey, have some fun with it.”

Leanne caught the water gun, her arms reflexively wrapping around it.

What was she supposed to do with it?

Hearing Curtis mention ‘my wife’ in the conversation, Billy finally realized his son had crossed the wrong person and hurried over to make amends.

“What’s gotten into you, kiddo? Get over here now!”

He reached to drag his son away, but at Curtis icy lift of an eyelid, Billy’s movements froze, not daring to proceed.

“If you can’t teach him, stand aside and watch someone who can.”

at the boy.

brat retorted, “Name your

“Oh, so your name is ‘ass’. Your dad must

teeth grinding as he scolded, “How dare you speak like that!

a brat like this.” Curtis continued calmly, “But you’re in luck today. Do you know why? Because not everyone has the fortune to run into a good Samaritan like me. Since your dad doesn’t know the first thing about raising a child, I’ll give you a

by the collar and

one ankle, he dangled him over the

on hot bricks. “My boy just wanted to play with Mrs. Richardson because

beauty

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child, hanging head down, flailed and screeched, “Put me You think I won’t take you down?”

own, you idiot!

his tongue. “Guess your parents never taught

mouth. Let’s give

further ado, he dipped the upside-down kid into the

water and then yanked out, his previously defiant face then ashen with terror as he began