'I'm Sorry I Called You Crazy'

Diane stood in the doorway of her bedroom, fighting back tears as sh watched melissa pack. She hadn't gottn athena back from the concrete island in the middle of the busy street. Diane growled and paced in a circle. Melissa's hands trembled as she zipped up the luggage compartments. But mill just listen, ok? You can't move to another planet because your pet rabbit almost got hit by a car. That doesn't make sense. There are no cars on venus. The impulse erupted in sheer defiance of the threat of his pistol. Maybe it was that he called her crazy or that he might hurt athena.