"Ryan,don't you dare jump off that step young man or you'll be grounded for along time,"said Horatio in a stern voice.
Ryan had reached that age where he thought he was in charge. He was being disobedient for the twentieth time. He thought taking away Chuckles,his stuffed pig,away he would stop but he didn't.
Ryan jumped the step and landed on his bottom on the floor and silently cried. Horatio just shook his head. He could see his son was going to move and was still crying,so he went over to him and squatted next to him.
The boy just looked up at him with tears still falling. Horatio hated seeing his boy cry,but he knew he had to punish him.
"Ryan,you see why I didn't want you to jump the step. You could fall,which you did,and you could've really got hurt. But you are still grounded,"He stated then picking Ryan up and rubbing his back.
"Daddy,"he said in a very quiet voice still crying.
"Yes."
"Can I have Chuckles back,"he asked,almost wailed.
Horatio looked over at the stuffed pig and knew how fond that Ryan was of it. He slept with it,played with it,basically did everything with Chuckles,even bathe. He knew it would be pure torture for him not to have him with him and he himself couldn't imagining doing that to his son.
He sat on the couch and gave the pig back to Ryan. He was so glad he got his pig,he wrapped his arms around the pig and cried out loud. Horatio felt sorry for his baby boy,but he needed to know the consequences for his actions.
"Ryan,we won't be going to the beach tomorrow,"he stated. Ryan stopped crying loudly and looked up to his father. His eyes big and filled.
Horatio didn't know if he could resist his son's eyes. They were like puppy dog eyes.
"You heard me,now,are you going to start listening to me,"he asked wiping his boy's tears away with his hand. He nodded. He layed his head back on his father's chest and just sat there for two hours.