Prompt No. 004 – Inside.
Some said he had no conscience, calling him scrupulous and cruel.
But they didn't know. They never saw the way he smiled when his wife told him about her pregnancy or witnessed how his eyes lit up every time his brother-in-law visited him.
Outsiders thought him to be cold and composed. Always in control. Never forgiving nor forgetting the mistakes they made.
For his family he was protective and warm-hearted, loving and kind. It was him they depended on or turned to when they needed help.
He never expected any thanks. As long as he was needed that was enough.