"Eh... I'll put it on the list, 'Things not to say or you will screw up your kids forever'."

He had a feeling this was going to be a long list and one he would end up forgetting bits of as he went along. He was making the effort to be a good person, he was! It was just harder for him than others... There was always some kind of far too tempting mischief to get into.

Anthony tucked into his own cone and allowed the chocolate to melt over his tongue. It wasn't exactly refreshing but it was nice and cool.

"Try not to force it. If things are tough you are allowing to react to that. Don't feel like you have to pretend to be fine for me or for anyone else."