"'ello Ben, 'ow's the little lady," Benjamin Barker forced himself to smile. "Lucy is doing well Albert" "She become obedient or does she still got 'er own mind" Benjamin had to keep himself from rolling his eyes.
"She is not a dog. She is a person. She is my wife and of course she has a mind of her own. I wouldn't want her to be a mindless servant" "Ah but you're the man of the 'ouse.
"You need to get 'er in the 'abbit of obeying you, you do. All you need to do is give 'er a smacking every time she don't listen to ya and she'll learn soon enough she will" "Thank you for your opinion," Benjamin said, "when I need (----) I'll ask for it." "Ah Barker but you're a dreamer. In order to get respect you got to demand it, you 'ear me"
"I hear you," Benjamin said, "and frankly I wish I didn't. Don't you have any place better to be then here in my shop annoying me and telling me what I should do with my wife" Albert ignored him. "Actually you should give 'er a smacking every night for good measure you should. That's what I do with my little Misus and she know to obey every word I say she does."
Just then a very pregnant Lucy came into the room. "Good evening love… come keep me company for dinner" "Did you 'ear that," Albert said, "she gave you an order she did" "That was not an order. It was a request"
Albert however paid no mind. He quickly grabbed Benjamin's sharpening belt and swung it in an effort to smack Lucy. Benjamin however was too quick for him. He grabbed the strop mid-stroke. "GIVE IT TO ME," Albert yelled, "SHE NEEDS TO LEARN TO MIND YOU SHE DOES"
Benjamin paid him no heed. Grabbing Albert by the wrist he twisted his arm around his back till a sickening snap was heard. "Your twisted way of thinking is your own but if you ever attempt to hurt my wife again you'll pay for it with your life. Do you 'ear me," he asked in a mocking way. Albert nodded.
"Oh and the same goes for Nellie. If you ever hurt her again you will be sorry" "I'm sorry now I am" Albert stormed away. Lucy stared up at Ben in amazement.
"Ben that was amazing," Lucy told him. "Well," he said, "they can mess with me but you don't mess with my family. Then he dipped and kissed her. "Now my sweet, I believe you said something about lunch" He put his arm around her and they went out together, Benjamin, Lucy and soon to be Johanna.