I learned to recognize the prelude to his vicious impatience from exhaustingly frequent instances, whenever I dropped something or had my iPad too loud or left the house late. I’d caught it then for FaceTiming my friends from the limo. I guess I was noisy or annoying or just young and a girl or who knows. Do everyone a favor, he snapped when I’d hung up. Keep your mouth shut tonight. While indignation flashed on my mom’s face, she knew not to provoke him further.
