Daniel wanted Emma and her family to stay elsewhere.
Emma refused.
He wanted professional security.
She accepted temporary patrol support recommended by police after the arson.
He wanted her to stop travelling alone.
She refused.
They argued in the kitchen until Noah shouted from upstairs:
“Can you two either kiss or fight more quietly?”
Silence.
Emma’s mother laughed so hard she had to sit down.
Daniel turned red.
Emma threw a tea towel at the stairs.
Later, outside, Daniel said, “For the record, I don’t want to run your life.”
“Good.”
“I do sometimes want to tell you what to do.”
“Dangerous habit.”
“You do it to everyone.”
“That’s different.”
“How?”
“I’m usually right.”
He laughed.
Emma realised she no longer disliked the sound.
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